08 June 2005

Destiny

Vision is not only what we see; it is a stance taken, an idea, a geometry...a beauty free at last from the notion of beauty.
Octavio Paz

This is the morning, after the dispersion, and the work of the morning is methodology: how to use oneself, and on what. That is my profession. I am an archaeologist of morning.
Charles Olson

The original in man is that which articulates him from the very outset upon something other than himself.
Michel Foucault

We make up a different language for poetry
And for the heart - ungrammatical.
Jack Spicer

We have been spoken.
Robin Blaser

2 comments

  1. Anonymous21/6/05 20:29

    Charles Olsen's quote talks of the dispersion. Does he mean sleep?
    I am trying to rise early and practice taichi before leaving for dayjob. The mornings are so clear and blueskyed these days. Sleep by 10 pm and up at 5 am - thats the aim for tonight. Nighthawk

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  2. taiji heartwork22/6/05 08:09

    He means colonization by the white virus I suspect, though he'd have been well aware of other readings.
    One of his shorter poems reads Barbara Ellis / ramp. A student once said to him, "There are 6 different meanings of ramp in the dictionary. Which one did you intend?". Olson answered, "All of them!"

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