9/27

some notes on paper recently — more mess — thinking and thinking but what is getting done

a beautiful eclipse last night

everything portends something but never believe anyone who says s/he can tell you what — the signs seem to be positive — two eclipses and a comet this year

try to make the best of things


ART
having a hard time deciding what to do with Kardex files — they make nice object drawers but they might be just what I need for some sort of physical writing thing fragments and things — but I would have to fit things to the cards so I don’t know how appropriate it might be — but probably I should give it a try — possibly use printer labels or something to make stick on writings


fragments etc

most of the notes that I’ve done recently are quotes from Burroughs — I went through and erased most of the underlining from the books — amazing how different things will be noted at different times — so many beautiful lines and perceptions — should do some critical work

was dog made in human image or vice versa — all this alpha shit etc seems to be too managerial — child substitutes


COLLECTIONS
work on hallway display which I’ve put off for a long time — there are still pieces of wood from the last display — put a large piece of metal found last week at the railroad tracks on the floor — need to get some ball bearings etc


started sorting through some newspaper cuttings — a picture a day wall display or something — make some verbal cuttings from the captions or surrounding text — need to move the TN painting so I can put up some sort of cut up board

sept 1996
fragments etc
cutting words for
collage no longer
interests me
9/96-9
<part of this was repeated from 3/18/96 entry and probably belongs here since the mention of alpha dog probably refers to Niki>
3/25/19 a good place to write a note on burroughs — i’ll start in my notes for today
i read through the first trilogy and enjoyed it but not as much as i have in the past — was noting flaws as i went along — i couldn’t get into naked lunch — i started cities of the red night but couldn’t keep reading — i thought i’d never tire of burroughs but i’m noting a naiveté or something — a lot of corn — the ‘boys’ — some fantastic lines but i’m not into that now
started topology of a phantom city which i’m liking more — i think it’s time for a rereading of robbe-grillet — topology brings back memories that i’ve written about somewhere else in the notes from when i first read it
8/5/20
i started [re]reading p k dick — do androids dream ... — almost couldn’t get into it — should i give burroughs another try after i read some more of dick