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Construct/Destruct III

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

tectonic plates. pull. stretch. reach. push out. force. drive. collide. compete. from the inside out. who/what is thrust? and pull? what is being pushed? tectonic plates. of the earth. surface. contour/boundary/line. the line between here and there. stagnant. calm. sporadic spores. breaking the surface. crooked, bent, serrated. worn down. blunt from friction. resist, caress, penetrate, puncture. to pass through. to pass through that which can not be contained. the unknowable. to contain is to embrace is to repress is to restrain. that which can not be contained is discharge. of the body. form. reform. me/you. it wants to take shape. the impulse to. pulse. alive. me/you live. a sphere. What is this thing? forcing me/you out of my/your space. grease. mucus. sludge. round. dense. shit. mucilage/adhesive/glue. the byproduct. the fertilizer. to germinate. the semen. the egg. from the gut through the bowels out the body. organic waste/industrial waste. machine. a byproduct of the machine. motor, mechanism, device, contrived. the machinist, the engineer, the creator. industry/industrious. to work diligently at/to create/destroy. form, generate, cause, construct/kill, annihilate, extinguish, obliterate. you/I. life/death. to form death. to generate life. reveal/conceal. revolve/conceal. evolve/conceal. what does it mean to conceal? to concede? to conceive? to consent to? concentric. spiraling. I/you. caress. beat. the bigness of the wetness. touch, touch, touch. electric. potential. restrict. anchor. ball and chain. drag me/you through. toxic shit. matter/mass. electric life. a premonition. the permission. the idea. the image. the blueprint of. in the head. rotund. obese. the weight of the head, here comes the head. head in the muck. my/your spine should grow longer, more potent. what is this greasy toxic it? pushing me/you. through. me/you. the gut/the bowel/the earth. in my/your hand. from the head through the heart out the mouth. from the touch, touch, touch. me/you. pushing it/me/you through. wet, wet, wet. sloppy. sludgy. shit. toil through the wet shit. push through the wet shit. a 600 lb. ball of sloppy sludgy shit. a 600 lb. ball of wet. a 600 lb. ball of me/you. a 600 lb. ball of touch, touch, touch. on top of. surmount. surpass. grind. crush. pulverize. break through the core. stand. on the edge. up, up, up. I'm on the edge, next to, beside, in-between, underneath. the opposition. optimism. unmovable. obstacle. suppress/repress. release. unleash. lift the core. mount the cultural remains. bludgeon. beat. exhaust. fatigue. one more blow. muscles contract. muster up the strength. every last breath. release the energy. don't stop, don't stop, don't stop. weary. wavering. exploit/explore/explode. I've exploded. the untamed. furious. out of control. energy. swing the hammer. blunt resonance. sabotage. a million blows to the head. desecrate the memorial. the relic. statue/status/statute. deflate. collapse. I'm going to collapse. breathe, swallow, breathe, breathe, breathe. comatose but moving. take in. abandon. abort. persevere/preserve. breathe life into. empower. emancipate. free, free, free. awaken. unearth. liberate. fight to go on. excavate. bring into consciousness. the mystery. the obfuscation. to be. become. the form. of truth.

Possible objectives:
1. release potential energy
2. break the silence
3. destroy the ball and chain
4. penetrate the skin, release the nectar
5. indulge the wild, untamed spirit
6. free the tongue
7. awaken the consciousness
8. unearth the subconscious
9. behead the enemy
10. reveal the light
11. unleash the whole
12. become the uncivilized, unstoppable savage
13. empower the psychotic
14. emancipate the matriarch, break the ties
15. exhaust the anguish
16. exploit the truth
17. challenge the tangible, earth bound, here and now
18. taste the fluid, every last breath, breathe life into
19. reincarnate the suffocating senses
20. preserve the heart, initiate the intuitive, liberate the underdog

Periphery
Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Moving around. The boundary. Line. Periphery. Of a rounded figure. Perimeter. Round body. Round object. The surrounding space. Object in space. Neutral: the surrounding area. Surface area. Surrounding area. Object/Figure:Object/Body. The area surrounding a nerve ending. The line bounding a circle. Circumference. Border. The suggestion of. An indication, emblem, sign, symbol. The distance measured by this line. What is the distance? Compass. Within specific limits. calculate, consider, determine, judge. To encompass, include, enclose. To circle. To orbit, course, lap, revolve, revolution. To make a path. Circumference/Perimeter:Circle/Square. The outer part of. Belonging to. Forming. A periphery. Away from the central part. Lying at the outside of. Outer. External/Internal:Of/At. The surface of the body. Object. Circumference/Circumstance. Only slightly connected with what is essential. The essential. What is essential? intrinsic, fundamental, basic, inherent, vital, absolute, complete, perfect, indispensable. The fundamental nature or absolute essence of a thing that must be present for that thing to exist (or) Requisite. Required by circumstance/circumference, implied by the external. external, the outside, beyond the periphery. component, composition, composite. What is it composed of? What are the elements? forces, atmosphere, physical, composition. Air, Air, Air. Elemental. basic, powerful/subtle, refined. Primal. Element/essential/essence. Element/Environment. Environment/Substance. Substance/Essence. Essence/Matter. Space. Matter. Mass. Force. Energy. Matter. Matter: Any substance that cannot be separated into different substances by ordinary methods. Not by ordinary methods. Irreducible. Incidental/External. Environ. contingent, accidental, unintended/planned, calculated, intended, fundamental. Boundary. Round. Surface. Periphery. Peripheral vision. Vision. Eye. I view, inspect, glance. On the periphery of. Just out of sight. Not losing sight of. To the/At the outside. The external, the casual, fortuitous, chance. The outskirts. The edge. The periphery of. understanding. Out of sight. To direct/To point. Outside of. the boundary, the line. Space surrounding. The limits of. understanding. command, instruct. to point. To the point. Gesture. With the finger. to the. Periphery. To direct, direct sight, to site the periphery. To leap the boundary, the line. From/To/Beyond. The focus, center, heart, nucleus, core. The direct, identifiable, familiar, recognizable. Leap. Hurdle. Leap. Leap of faith. From sight. insight, to not lose sight of. The periphery. The limits. understanding. To stand. Within/Without the limits. of. Sight. Site the center, heart, core, nucleus. To circle. To orbit. To lap. Revolve. The boundaries. The limits. understanding. To catch sight of. Out of sight, out of mind. In the line of sight. Within. The limits. limitless, eternal, boundless. inherent, vital, indispensable. center, core, nucleus. sight. site.

Possible objectives:

1. encompass the object, surround the figure
2. revolve the fundamental, inherent core
3. orbit the line, focus the distance
4. recognize the limits, beyond understanding
5. sight the perfect, indispensable, fortuitous chance
6. compose energy, refine matter
7. imply the external, connect the essential
8. form the periphery, focus the boundary
9. leap the boundless, complete the space
10. separate the substance, inspect the requisite

Sur/render
in three part

Thursday, April 6, 2006

to give up possession of. or power over. to yield to another. on demand. or. the compulsion to give up claim to. to give over. yield. as in a favor. relinquish, resign, sacrifice. to give up or abandon to yield or resign oneself to, to an emotion. yield. or influence. as a prisoner. giving up, over, or into. free of liability. giving up of something after. striving, struggling, attempting. to. to keep it. to relinquish. abandon, give up, let go. of. something held. in one's grasp. yield. to concede. submit. waive. abdicate. to a superior force. resign. to. to passive. acceptance. to give, hand over, deliver, present, submit. become, make, perform, offer. to submit to. to consider. approve. to give in return. or. requital. to restore. to represent or depict. to make a drawing of. in perspective. to draw from perspective. recite, play, treat, act out. to pronounce or declare. a declaration. translate. decipher. decode. explain. solve. interpret.

over, upon, above, beyond.

beyond claim in one's grasp to resign oneself to sacrifice upon deliver make emotion demand above as a let go in return passive into free keep it beyond perspective in held in hand over or to abdicate possession restore attempt waive over or onto draw compulsion upon make abandon make make beyond restore play yield act out force decipher acceptance upon to or present struggle into to to influence in or declare it an over to give or to treat on the draw grasp offer in another yield or attempt deliver up upon be beyond become represent make or consider to draw from to translate or to make as in to pronounce over, upon, above, beyond.

over, upon, above, beyond.

Thereto Flesh, Thereto I Shed

December 2008

Thereto suspending.
Thereto separating.
Thereto isolating.
Thereto crossing.
Thereto translating.
Thereto voicing.
Thereto completing.
Thereto constructing.
Thereto recognizing.
Thereto leading.
Thereto giving.
Thereto leaving.
Thereto reversing.
Thereto positioning.
Thereto reconciling.
Thereto applying.
Thereto hearing.
Thereto noticing.
Thereto seeing.
Thereto expanding.
Thereto feeling.
Thereto realizing.
Thereto observing.
Thereto interweaving.
Thereto rotating.
Thereto fixing.
Thereto comparing.
Thereto motioning.
Thereto measuring.
Thereto communicating.
Thereto parting.
Thereto differentiating.
Thereto placing.
Thereto stating.
Thereto equalizing.
Thereto making.
Thereto knowing.
Thereto revealing.
Thereto pointing.
Thereto cycling.
Thereto structuring.
Thereto shaping.
Thereto coding.

Thereto connecting.
Thereto hanging.
Thereto attaching.
Thereto beginning.
Thereto passing.
Thereto being.
Thereto building.
Thereto attempting.
Thereto viewing.
Thereto negotiating.
Thereto trespassing.
Thereto increasing.
Thereto waxing.
Thereto suggesting.
Thereto eclipsing.
Thereto repeating.
Thereto traveling.
Thereto delivering.
Thereto sending.
Thereto beginning.
Thereto dissolving.
Thereto breaking.
Thereto changing.
Thereto entering.
Thereto aiming.
Thereto directing.
Thereto meeting.
Thereto impeding.
Thereto completing.
Thereto taking.
Thereto doubling.
Thereto gaining.
Thereto distancing.
Thereto passing.
Thereto avoiding.
Thereto dividing.
Thereto observing.
Thereto diverging.
Thereto revising.
Thereto discovering.
Thereto linking.
Thereto leading.

Thereto perforating.
Thereto cracking.
Thereto recreating.
Thereto ruling.
Thereto subjecting.
Thereto understanding.
Thereto neutralizing.
Thereto experiencing.
Thereto locating.
Thereto slanting.
Thereto decoding.
Thereto printing.
Thereto belonging.
Thereto inspecting.
Thereto scaling.
Thereto stabilizing.
Thereto covering.
Thereto disguising.
Thereto remembering.
Thereto coming.
Thereto opposing.
Thereto synthesizing.
Thereto uniting.
Thereto forging.
Thereto binding.
Thereto sensing.
Thereto opening.
Thereto targeting.
Thereto zoning.
Thereto embracing.
Thereto correcting.
Thereto impressing.
Thereto rationalizing.
Thereto theorizing.
Thereto selecting.
Thereto working.
Thereto fantasizing.
Thereto adapting.
Thereto wondering.
Thereto envisioning.
Thereto renewing.
Thereto rising.
Thereto ending.
Thereto confronting.

Possible objectives:

1. Dissolve the boundaries, measure the distance, eclipse the divide
2. Link the masses, reconcile the differences, target the zone
3. Put the best foot forward, hear the suggestion, neutralize the crack
4. Structure the cycle, decode the translation, synthesize the communication
5. Observe the change, take the fix, renew the senses
6. Recognize the slant, scale the position, theorize the connection
7. Make the point, double the rotation, understand the subject
8. Compare the difference, locate the opposite, recognize the voice
9. Reverse the motion, isolate the beginning, remember the place
10. Realize the aim, forge the link, complete the revision
11. Adapt the view, gain the knowledge, break the rules
12. Embrace the understanding, shape the experience, reveal the structure

Into the Out

2009

Horns pointing east. Waxing. And, the (color). Yellow. Hanging. A moment in a cycle or a rotation. Suspend(ed). Fixed. Set/Set into motion. Lunar, bright in comparison. Liminal Moon. Liminal Twilight. Liminal Being. Sky/Ground. Outside/Inside. To go from there to here, external to internal. Divide the tissue, separate the membrane. Below the threshold. Eye to see, to hear, to feel. Break the surface. Eclipse the flesh. To see, to discover. To hear, to notice. To feel, to realize. To observe a passerby. To trespass or cross over. To travel across and into. A through way. A connection between two masses. To meet. Two places, two states. And, two Beings. To bridge the gap, to reconcile differences. Edges dissolve, boundaries break, rules don’t apply. Where one thing leads to another. Enter the state/enter the body. Betweenness. Here and there. Equal. Equator/Equinox. Eclipse. In equal measure. To measure the distance. back-and-forth. A structure. Substructure/Superstructure/Infrastructure. A link. A pedestrian walkway. A through-way. A cross roads. Interchanging. Interlocking. Molecular/Molecules. To be made of similar parts. To cross, to gain. To gain a new perspective. A view or angle. Diverging. Reversing. Sharply. (Sub)liminal. Without knowing. Hidden. Direction. Position. Slant. Slope upward/downward. Take and make. Build. Create. Structure. Substructure/Superstructure/Infrastructure. To (re)create. A connection. A link. To provide. An edge. To connect. To make the connection. Make. Make complete. Molecules/Molecular. To be made of similar parts. DNA. The blueprints. The code. To crack the code. To discover, to see, to realize. To come (across). A through way. A link. Interlocking. Parts, pieces, branches, elements, components. What are the components? A place to cross. A place to travel, in-between. Two points. Two masses. Two locations. Two states. Lunar. Sky. Moon. Sky/Ground. Earth/Moon. To pass by, to trespass, to cross over. To travel across and into. In/complete. Halves. Equal components/Unequal parts. Bridge the gap. Reconcile differences. Construct/Communicate/Community. To develop, shape, inform. Liminal. Limbo. Between two states. Neutral. Where edges dissolve, boundaries break, rules don’t apply. Where one thing leads to another. A continuous break. Constant. Permanent. Uninterrupted. Enter the state/enter the body. Liminal state/Liminal body. Now and then. Twilight. Equator/Equinox. In equal measure. To cross over, to divide, to make. Equal. Moon/Earth. Here. Earth, planet, mass. There. To cross into, to gain. Inner/Outer:Internal/External.

divide.hide.split.
a list of 100 observations

book
October 2009

1. It is complete and divided.
2. It is complete and in-between.
3. It is complete and not true.
4. It is complete and buried.
5. It is complete and ambiguous.
6. It is complete and vague.
7. It is complete and separate.
8. It is complete and invisible.
9. It is complete and systematic.
10. It is complete and unsighted.
11. It is complete and stellated.
12. It is complete and convincing.
13. It is complete and calculated.
14. It is complete and seductive.
15. It is complete and condensed.
16. It is complete and understood.
17. It is complete and equal.
18. It is complete and solitary.
19. It is complete and weak.
20. It is complete and broken down.
21. It is complete and opposite.
22. It is complete and annular.
23. It is complete and combustible.
24. It is complete and exposed.
25. It is complete and unearthly.
26. It is complete and rotund.
27. It is complete and moving backwards.
28. It is complete and wild.
29. It is complete and impenetrable.
30. It is complete and distant.
31. It is complete and ominous.
32. It is complete and solid.
33. It is complete and recurring.
34. It is complete and warped.
35. It is complete and contradicting.
36. It is complete and heavy.
37. It is complete and hidden.
38. It is complete and indefinite.
39. It is complete and remote.
40. It is complete and changing.
41. It is complete and isolated.
42. It is complete and corrosive.
43. It is complete and smashed.
44. It is complete and determined.
45. It is complete and distinct.
46. It is complete and dense.
47. It is complete and obvious.
48. It is complete and free.
49. It is complete and forceful.
50. It is complete and sultry.
51. It is complete and expansive.
52. It is complete and explosive.
53. It is complete and unconditional.
54. It is complete and deluded.
55. It is complete and broken.
56. It is complete and dark.
57. It is complete and open.
58. It is complete and defined.
59. It is complete and disguised.
60. It is complete and found.
61. It is complete and persuasive.
62. It is complete and diminished.
63. It is complete and structured.
64. It is complete and balanced.
65. It is complete and circuitous.
66. It is complete and excavated.
67. It is complete and astray.
68. It is complete and revolving.
69. It is complete and resistant.
70. It is complete and refracted.
71. It is complete and massive.
72. It is complete and boundless.
73. It is complete and ripped apart.
74. It is complete and revealed.
75. It is complete and joined.
76. It is complete and opposing.
77. It is complete and removed.
78. It is complete and abandoned.
79. It is complete and driven.
80. It is complete and illuminated.
81. It is complete and physical.
82. It is complete and fixed.
83. It is complete and articulated.
84. It is complete and blocked.
85. It is complete and passing through.
86. It is complete and located.
87. It is complete and compressed.
88. It is complete and empty.
89. It is complete and composed.
90. It is complete and detailed.
91. It is complete and uncontrollable.
92. It is complete and transparent.
93. It is complete and reflective.
94. It is complete and necessary.
95. It is complete and precise.
96. It is complete and misleading.
97. It is complete and obscured.
98. It is complete and pulling.
99. It is complete and arranged.
100. It is complete and formed.

Possible objectives:

1. conceal the changing divide
2. separate the systematic truth
3. locate the solitary, isolate the equal
4. join the wild, warp the balance
5. reflect the obscured, distance the understanding
6. excavate the dark, combustible mass
7. unearth the heavy, corrosive physical
8. calculate the precise in-between
9. change the obvious composition
10. rip apart the necessary arrangement
11. break down the exposed, impenetrable form
12. refract the ominous detail
13. drive the opposition, compress the circuitous
14. bury the dense recurring
15. free the seductive force, illuminate the indistinct

a list of fifty objectives

book

June 2009

release potential energy
break the silence
reincarnate the suffocating senses
destroy the ball and chain
penetrate the skin, release the nectar
indulge the wild untamed spirit
free the tongue
awaken consciousness
unearth the subconscious
behead the enemy
reveal the light
unleash the whole
become the uncivilized, unstoppable savage
empower the psychotic
break the ties
exhaust the anguish
exploit the truth
challenge the tangible, earth bound, here and now
taste the fluid, every last breath, breathe life into
preserve the heart
initiate the intuitive
liberate the underdog
encompass the object, surround the figure
revolve the fundamental, inherent core
orbit the line, focus the distance
recognize the limits, beyond understanding
sight the perfect, indispensable, fortuitous chance
compose energy, refine matter
imply the external, connect the essential
form the periphery, focus the boundary
leap the boundless, complete the space
separate the substance
inspect the requisite
become the form of truth
dissolve the boundaries
measure the distance
eclipse the divide
link the masses
reconcile the differences
target the zone
put the best foot forward
hear the suggestion
neutralize the crack
observe the change
structure the cycle
decode the translation
synthesize the communication
take the fix
reverse the motion
isolate the beginning