Tag Archives: Felix Guattari

turning the back pages: thin people redux

Can memories be esthetically radicalized? What is the process? Taking the old image, the old picture, what Freud termed the hyper-aesthetic memory, the fragmented slivers of flash, then using them to catalyze creativity. D.W. Winnicott had a genial idea of … Continue reading

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gambling : putting a wager on fate

…The gambler becomes the rules by abiding by them, by allowing his actions to be transformed by the rules as he observes them, by allowing the structure to direct the flows of his movements….Is chance a divine game played cosmically … Continue reading

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magic and the fluctuating center

Like a religion it gave birth to several ideal sects. This was precisely because Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty was a theoretical, ideal theatre that was never meant to be staged, and Artaud never bothered to explain how to obtain … Continue reading

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“MYTHOLOGIES”:IN THE REALM OF BLOOD & CHOCOLATE TO THE Nth DEGREE

With righteous indignation, structuralism, and something called semiotics, a multi-faceted Frenchmen named Roland Barthes captured a large audience with his social and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is a key figure in international intellectual life. He is one of the most … Continue reading

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MARCUSE: IS THERE AN APP FOR A REVOLUTION?

His economic ideas belong in the bone yard, and his understanding of organizational decision making resembles that of ”a camel is a horse designed by a committee ” school. But his ideas on aesthetics and art, likely a byproduct of … Continue reading

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RECURRENCE OF AN IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE

Its the presence of the body in a state of decomposition, as locale of transgression that places the tropical tragedy of Haiti at the center of an imaginary contemporary world; marked by its upright and righteous treatment of the human … Continue reading

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SOFT & SWEET SUPER BEINGS

From today’s point of view, The unrealistic character  of Duccio’s style is evident. It can even be relished as an abstract aspect of aesthetic intention. However, a comparison of Duccio to the masters of the Byzantine tradition shows that he … Continue reading

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GIOTTO & INEVITABLE ENIGMA

”But then my mind was struck by light that flashed and, with this light, received what it had asked. Here force failed my high fantasy; but my desire and will were moved already – like a wheel revolving uniformly – … Continue reading

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MOUSE TRAPS & REALITY FLAPS

”I’m sometimes frightened when I watch his films. Frightened because of some absolute perfection in what he does. This man seems to know not only the magic of all technical means, but also all the most secret strands of human … Continue reading

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WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

Madness, love and mysticism. Perhaps everything you always wanted to know about Dali, Freud, Psychoanalysis and Pictorial Surrealism. Salvador Dali was immersed in the conquest of the irrational, infinite and likely futile search for the unconscious and its meaning. His … Continue reading

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