- 1. RECEIVED OPINION
- in which the normal
processes are exposed
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- Sometimes you forget you're
driving a car when you're distracted and
- still find you have arrived (your
hands have eyes). Sometimes you're
- lost and concentrate on your
destination so intently it's as if the right
- way is mapped out magically on a
luminescent screen in your mind.
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- 2. THE LOCUS OF VIEWPOINT
- in which the
traditional and alienated forms are examined
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- Maybe you are a hands-off MD whose
secretary handles
- communications without you
authorising every word (you simply
- sign). Or maybe your MD dictates
explicitly to you, the secretary,
- leaving you to sign on his/her
behalf. A torch points in a dark room
- and picks out your face and not
the other face.
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- 3. THE MODERN PARADOX
- in which we depict the
aristocrat and the cyborg
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- You may say you are detached so
your body fires the arrow using the
- language of the bow. The world
moves in through gaps you leave.
- But maybe you are so familiar with
the language of the bow that you
- cease to notice it like the man
who lives by the stream ceases to hear
- water.
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- 4. THE FEEDBACK OF CONTEXT
- in which we find
ourselves in real-life situations
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- The nature of the atmosphere
builds the plane, the nature of the
- mouth designs the meal, the nature
of the day dictates time. But then
- that is not to say that planes
haven't changed the sky. The mouth has
- its tastes and a clock can place
the sun. You have left your initials in
- the bark of a tree that grew by a
wall.
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- 5. MEANS OF REPRODUCTION
- in which there is talk
of consuming desires
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- In a factory producing cigarettes,
there have been designers,
- marketing directors and machine
operators. Now the whole process
- runs smoothly. A packet is opened,
a cigarette placed on the lips.
- This way desire seeks out desire.
The outcast speaks in the
- geomancy of butts.
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- 6. AGENTS IN THE FIELD
- in which we sometimes
find accidental beauty
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- There is a party going on. The
room is crowded and noisy. You listen
- to someone then move on and listen
to someone else. Elsewhere in
- the room you catch sight of
yourself talking to someone and
- elsewhere talking to someone else.
You never meet up with yourself.
- You're operating behind the lines.
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