6/22_p3

chapters on this and that —
chapters on nothing
chapters that are simply themselves and chapters about other things — the idea of meta-language and meta-structure on my own ideas about the book —

the confusion of layers —

<a> book of many layers
<a> book about itself
<a> book that keeps coming back to itself —

curved space —
swirling thoughts

Escher worlds — Mobius twists — verbal games — spacial games
the clever crab canon of Hofstadter — banal ideas about the book — reversing it from the middle etc — a verbal fugue — what is analogous to voice
idea for a study of musical elements in the Wake — would take too much study
idea for computer analysis of the wake — would take too much hard work
still haven’t ended
echo on and on — reverberations or the start of another swirl — a book of whirls — the vortex — 'Zardoz' — idea for putting together fragments of tape taken in the living room — pictures of the cats etc — turn the camera on and off — go back over certain spots — layers on top of layers

<1980-24 8/19/83 art ideas don’t get exhausted — the use of techniques started by warhol etc — the mood of art — the viewing of a warhol movie etc as a sort of background — to do the same thing - one extension would be to turn the camera on and let it watch a room or something — images on TV as a sort of video music — the use of discarded or broken TVs etc — black and white and color — aspects of the image — the continuation of the work of other artists — the problem of copying etc — make ones own stellas etc — continue the work left of by poons etc — the forward movement — swirls in time — the use of old music in today’s rock etc>

would like to be able to use an editor — weave together certain images — desire for bed but no longer tired — the excitement of ideas puts me to sleep — too much — need to get some done
shadows of rail on wall
shadows as art —
she — ad ow — show ad — shartow — show boat — slow boat degeneration — have to avoid — rhyme plays