IMAGE CREDIT: WALTER SCOTT

SPRING CLEANING

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In earlier times the dyad disintegrated and fell into disorder, and no one was capable of unifying it. Thereupon
the various assertions rose to power. In their discourse, all praised the past in order to disparage the present
and embellished empty words to confuse the truth. Everyone cherished their own favorite school of learning
and criticized what had been instituted by the authorities.
Of course, a colleague might say, all smug, as when a cloth draped over an object takes the shape of the
object.

Linguisticpragmaticsinvestigatesthespacebetweenwhatisaskedandwhatisgiven[ismaryaround,thereisawhite
bikeparkedoutfront].Iamthinking,embellishmentasagiftyougive,embellishmentasthecipher[marysbikeiswhite,
webothknowthat].Isitatoolthen,orisiteverything,then?RobertsonreferstoSaussure,themovementofturning
thepage(signifier/signified),thatgesture.Iamthinkingnowthattherelationshipbetweenpragmaticsandsemioticsas,
respectively,thesinglesheetdepictingsignifier/signifiedandthemysteriousprocessofturningitover.Thelatteris
rhythmic;Iwouldsayitiseverything.Itfeelsright,butIcantseethroughit
Rhythmasevidenceofcovertinformation.Obfuscationofadirectrelationshipbetweentwooperators.Afootprint.
Traces,proof,confirmation.Corroboration.Somethinglikethis.Languageisofcoursethemainbusiness,itisalsoatool
towarditself.Itsefficacybothincontestableandindisputablybroken.
But at present, transient shapefulness possesses a unified empire, has deregulated the distinctions of black
and white, has now firmly established for you a position of precarious supremacy! And yet these

independents, joining with each other, criticize the codes of movement and rhythm. They seek a reputation by
discrediting their sovereignty; they appear superior by expressing contrary views, and they lead the lowly
multitude in the spreading of slander. If such license is not prohibited, the sovereign power will decline above
and partisan factions will form below.

Wehavedifficultybelievingthatpeoplewerenotawareofitfromtheverybeginning.
Robertson'sphrasetransientshapeliness:Iampullingitapart.Whatdoyouthink?Iamthinkingaboutaclothfalling
overacup,takingontheshapeofthecup.Themagician'strickwheresuddenlythecupisgone,theclothstill
maintainingtheshape.Ofcoursetheclothtakesontheshapeoftheobject,asofcourseweexpectitto,but
maintainingitwhentheobjectisnolongerthere...

Ofcourse,everybodyhatesamagician.
Of which a part is gift
which a part is byline to the mystery
which is mysterious
which is the reproductive exchange
is reproducing
moving back and forth
flipping over and entering the other
closed loop open loop
flat shape
self-consciously 2 dimensional

Howdoesrhythmtiein?Whatisriskyaboutrhythm?Thereissomeimpliedriskthere...Isembellishmenttherisk,isloss
theriskorlackofopacityIslossthemystery?Whatdoyoudoallday?Rhythmisthespacewheretheseconversations
areheld,therhythm,noddingornoddingoff.Desire,guiltandshame,allmotivators,alldetractors.Allimplicitin
language.Languagebeingthemainbusiness,beingeverything.

Your interlocutor suggests that all sheets in the archives be burned, rhythmically. All persons in the vicinity
except ourselvesin possession of past doctrines should take all to the local governors and have them
indiscriminately burned! As they are each only single sheets this should not take long.

NowIamthinking,Imaystealthethoughtsofsomeoneelse.Ofbloodmovingwithinthebodyduringthought;a
groundingconcept.Itfeelsgoodtobethinkingandconsciousofthemovementofone'sbloodatthesametime.That
work,thewholebusiness,secretiveandsure.

Footprints,seekthemout.Intransientshapelinessendstransientshapefulness.Oozingout.Oooozingabouttheplace.