4/24

poor sleep last night — creepy dreams - nightmares - when i did sleep — thunderstorm —

the sound of the rain — percussive sound of something dripping — music varied rhythm —

think about good things — the rain the stone — very surprised at the landscape here — red — shades of red — flowers — the landscape at home — not safe for the dogs —
fear of death or fear of living —
a let up of the rain — slowing percussion — thunder more distant
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CRIMP 126-28
our own practice — tear apart a house — there is something that should be noted about our house and museum — think about 127-27 — material vs style we are about material —

128-29
i prefer mapplethorpe to levine — gehry’s house is great - the rest of his architecture not so good —
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but ‘in theory’ (examine the phrase ‘in theory’) gehry is better than Graves (graves <capital G and small g) and levine — better than mapplethorpe — <not sure what i meant here>
recontextualization
(re / de words — report deport)
—— 134

“photography will always exceed the institution of art”

the same for the book — it can’t be contained in any definition —

136
“a <thematic?> through which the museum organizes its objects”
(subjects)
attacking art — museums - objects —
(maybe taking things apart is <?> (appropriation) here — you can’t take apart painting (you can - but) - what becomes of a rembrant —
digitally painting can be taken apart (the high resolution photos made by google (is that project still going on))

150
it’s better to be an enemy of reality — and the people — the people are reality — cf burroughs