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can one (I) get beyond the spiral of my writing
reading Derrida — can I write some coherent idea — do I want to —
the same questions for ten years — thoughts while reading Derrida that I think as a coherent set of ideas — something I want to communicate — becomes on writing a dialogue with my own writing — the pattern of the writing overlays the thought — (analogy with my black and white works — contrast with my wood carvings — found material — the collage aspect)
relationships — how little I know about philosophy — <i> need to write my own encyclopedia / dictionary

reading Derrida p135 — for some reason mention of perspective brings to mind some Chinese photographs which show a landscape of Chinese paintings — (the importance of these for me) — the photograph makes real a sense of perspective that was never real (to me) — a coherent development of my thought — this morning was trying to trace the development of my black and white art — a lecture perhaps — slides etc — surrounded by my art — perspectives — the juxtaposition of images — with all the images available it seems that they should be more easily available to be used in various contexts — (expand)

as I look around my show I am on the verge of making a decision to stick with the black and white works — life dedications — side lines / lights — but a main line — each piece leads to several others —

on love — I fall in love with Barbara Kruger — is it the photo — the art — the look — the combination — what is the reality — overlay my black and white with Kruger article and my image works

I found that when I was writing I was right on the edge of my intelligence. When I was making those paintings it was busywork — putting my mind on hold.

reflect
my regret at having missed these people in New York — what am I missing now important article — Kruger — panels of photo text — my idea for a collage of plates and text — relates to her work in a lot of ways

disassociation association
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