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Nouvelle Caledonie

We visit New Caledonia for New Years. Unlike Condy Rice, of whom a BBC correspondent, speaking from Jerusalem, said recently, “She’s coming so that she’s come, if you like,” we have an idea. We’re on holiday to discover something, tourists with time to detour. It’s almost
Simon Taylor 24 Jan 2007

the fractal structure of big brother

more than seventy countries produce their own copies based on the Big Brother code of reality tv. The formula, the code, crosses national boundaries, is as global as the appeal of its drama – sex and fights. The degree of tolerance to that drama increases over time globally just as the
Simon Taylor 24 Jan 2007

antarctica

the first step is always like this the first step of another it expresses the possibility of a world beyond it and they have made it possible as the limit of what can be achieved the first step is always like this to go from this theatre to that theatre
Simon Taylor 21 Jan 2007

we in the grip of these endless preparations, which amount to war

Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war … We all remain silent and they try to convince us that what we’ve seen, what we’ve done, what we’ve learned about ourselves and about others is an illusion, a nightmare that will pass. Wars have no memory, and nobody has the
Simon Taylor 21 Jan 2007

don’t exaggerate

Modern phonology lacks a dimension which would prevent it from playing with shadows on a single plane – Gilles Deleuze
Simon Taylor 06 Jan 2007

eternity of sense

the being-square of a circle – Gilles Deleuze
Simon Taylor 27 Dec 2006

sufficient exercise 1

Proceed by sense alone. What work? Think! Think! in the work I’ve done, the objects have been part-objects, even when dealing with characters, Brecht, for example in Simplicity [page below], have been unsatisfying – insufficient to the sensed imperceptible, in the end lying just outside, husks and shells: husk forms,
Simon Taylor 23 Dec 2006

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