Morning Gret

Art talk and plants too, on such a sunny day, such fun.

OVERALL we outlined where each of us stood, you outlining poetry and writing that inspired you, me outlining examples of less than traditional ways of achieving projects beyond the formulaic practices of the studio.

Muriel Rukeyser, The Poem as Mask,

Ann Carson

I bragged shamelessly about my most adored books https:///www.fulltable.com...... Then add,

1. Marvell’s collected poetry

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And the poem Upon Appleton House

2. Tristram Shandy

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3. Milton and the Visual

first edition of Paradise Lost.

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I have long collected helpful critical books on all three.

We also discussed our joint responses to concepts that intrigued you

The Poetic Documentary

Metafiction

The Memoir both exact and feigned, authentic and invented.

The Untrustworthy Narrator. Pale Fire. But after I remembered Melville, The Confidence Man with an introduction by Tony Tanner. Jac and I had much discussion on the techniques here.

I suggested one or two aspects of research you might enjoy

1. Marcel Duchamp /d/d/d.htm with illustrated booklist

I recommend your looking at the Large Glass and

The Boxes /d/d/duchamp2/a.html He provides a welcome example of creative endeavour expressed through highly personal reconfigurations of the usual media. Greatly influenced by contemporary scientific themes, electricity and gas (Dalrymple-Henderson). Etant Donnees as the tableaux viewed through a hole in the door, voyeur (Philadelphia). Lots if books here to borrow.

2. Wyndham Lewis l/lewis/menux.htm

and the Crowd l/lewis/menux.htm

Look at BLAST magazine . I have a first here.

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3. Visual Languages, the Hobos Alphabet see my (chaotic) section Visual Codes /i/igr/menu.htm

And in particular abstract codes.

4. The Absurd versus the Comic, Alfred Jarry and ‘Pataphysics (Shattuck, The Banquet Years), Queneau and Oulipo, Exercises in Style. George Perec and Classification

5. Barry Lyndon, opportunity to compare the novel first person deluded, by Thackeray , and the film directed by Kubrick with a world weary voice over by Michael Hordern. I have books on Thackeray and his portrayal of the Irish as Liars (sorry Mike).

PROTOCOL.

It was such fun talking through intention and realisation. I am happy to meet up on a regular basis, weekly if it suits you. We nearly got too talking about the Cabinet of Curiosity and perhaps the Memory theatre. Be bold and set me an agenda in advance and I’ll prepare for our sessions.