June 2011
7 posts
May 2011
15 posts
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Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life: The universe...
Midway through Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, the voiceover which threads through the entire film says, I want to know what you are, I want to see what you see. It is directed at the invisible being, or God, whose presence is as large as its absence throughout the film.
I am reminded of a statement made by a character in Aleksandr Sokurov’s Mother and Son: “God, dwelling in...
Audio journal. I recorded my poem, “Almost...
Exit Music, continued, 5/16-31/2002
Exit Music is an experimental “novel” written during the 365 days after 9/11, in which the “character” tries to record every minutest detail he observes, outside and within, in an effort to commit them to memory. I have decided to post the entire work to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11; thus the last post will be on 9/11/2011. This is the new installment, where,...
Exit Music, continued, 5/1-15/2002
Hello. This is the new installment of Exit Music, an experimental “novel” written during the 365 days after 9/11.
May 1
N like Nazi, F like Fascist; Seventeen percent on the Hitler scale; Joan of Arc spoke to me and told me to vote Chirac. (Placards and banners, May Day demonstration, Paris)
1,332 Palestinians, 458 Israelis dead since the Palestinian uprising in September...
