Sound and Language...

It appears that Encoded sound (language) is dealt with mostly on the left side of the brain, and Embodied sound (music) is taken care of across the hall, on the right. There are exceptions, of course: for instance, it appears that the rhythmic elements of music are dealt with on the left, and the vowels of speech on the right. But generally speaking, the two departments seem to be able to operate simultaneously without getting in each other’s way. What this means is that by dividing up the work they can deal with a total number of layers that would be impossible for either side individually.

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Francis Stark via Katy Siegel

Francis Starck was referring to Emily Dickenson, when she said that a poet can squeeze just about anything into a ball. She’s interested in school and what it means, and adolescence as a general subject. Language stinks. I hate language. The ditto machine. Playing close attention to everything around you and the things close to you. Intimacy, necessity, proximity and closeness. “being a woman.” Friendship over ideology. Kaprow connection. Cake walk. The adolescent acts out on behalf of the whole family as the artist acts out on behalf of society. “Devotion” “the Fan” Goo goo girl and smart intellectual. Active annotation. Barthes. Death of the Author, birth of the reader. The unspeakable compromise of the portable work of art & the disfunctionality of the art system that brings things from studio to gallery / art space. Birds perch lightly and on the edge of things. Class consciousness. The compulsion to make art. which is personal, intimate, and authentic, vs the superstructure of the art world.