11/9
the ridiculousness of ideas like “artistic dead end” — there are no dead ends
why the need to always go beyond
why the reluctance to do what has already been done which is what so much of art is all about
why not use someone else’s forms and methods — there is that feeling that one is stealing or plagiarizing that one shouldn’t have
the ‘art’ of the musician — production of form from an outline produced by anotherthe condition of music
non necessity of adding anything by way of technic — the idea is simply to produce an aesthetic form or a “good” idea —
(“aesthetic” idea — can’t think of a good term — can ideas be beautiful — use of words — definitions — linguistic modes book of words)
Mathieu as an example — production of a large number of paintings very rapidly — anyone can do it — taking nothing away from Mathieu —
a great artist — similar for Agam or Vasarely — <i> like the works but the prices are absurd — quantity — produce ones own —
exchange by what one likes — one of mine for someone else’s that I like — possibilities of tape as a media
essay on video tape versus disk — timely essays — moot points in the history of art — video disk are not being used to their potential
which is the reproduction of book type things — which is why the laser is much better —
the cost for sound reproduction is much more than the difference is worth — better production of regular audio disks would be much more cost effective
people using others ideas
a lot of times I’m afraid that others are going to have my ideas — that I should get mine out (Whistler) — but everything I read has some of my ideas already so they’re probably all been used and I just haven’t read them — what difference does it make whose ideas one uses — ones own or someone else’s
ideas
inspirations
reading Warhol — philosophy — from a to z — my idea for making an encyclopedia of my ideas — Warhol... Whistler ... Wilde...
interrelation of things — references — see also — random thoughts — systematic thoughts
ideas — inspirations
hundreds of possible topics
ideas not executed
idea for using junk mail as a collage — interestingness of advertisements out of context
get ideas out — write a book — diary references — day books
almost time for work — may get something done when the bathroom is finished
toilet is fucked up — <i> need to get something done soon
random thoughts
systematic thoughts
ideas
inspirations
hundreds of possible topics