pεrsıstεncε oƒ sıllınεss and cynıcısm . . (hres)

pεrsıstεncε oƒ sıllınεss and cynıcısm . . (hres)

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for "Everyman’s JOYCE" of "W. Terrence Gordon, Eri Hamaji & Jacob Albert”

“Pablo Picasso dismissed James Joyce as an obscure writer that all the world can understand.” Through the power of illustration the Everyman’s Series illuminates complex bodies of work by some of the 20th century’s most vital thinkers. Picasso’s assessment of James Joyce as a writer that “all the world can understand” speaks to how a perspective that favors the visual can see through dense texts, allowing meaning to take shape. W. Terrence Gordon’s examination of the James Joyce canon and its impact on the world, both in terms of literature and culture at large, provides accessible and singular evaluations of why Joyce, no matter how impenetrable his books may seem on the surface, continues to attract readers today. In Everyman’s Joyce, Gordon’s close readings and biographical insight gel with contemporary visual cues that usher Joyce into the 21st century.
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity .. on a ‘Pataphysical way
Entropy ≥ Memory . Creativity ²
Entropy ≥ Mimesis . Catharsis ²

Etude du jour:

La bêtise et le cynisme sont-ils les derniers noms d’Entropie ?
En Birmanie ? En Chine ? En Tchétchénie ? A Guantanamo ? A Gaza & Ashkelon ? . .
. . ou dans notre vertueuse Europe, donnant des leçons de droits de l’homme
. . tout en méprisant, traquant et rejetant ses propres indésirables ?

Study of the day:

Are silliness and cynicism the last names of Entropy ?
In Burma ? In China ? In Tchétchénie ? In Guantanamo ? In Gaza & Ashkelon ?. .
. . or in our virtuous Europe giving human rights lessons
. . while scorning, tracking and rejecting our own unwelcomes ?

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(…) A ce jeu-là, on ne gagne que de jouer. Rien n’est plus transcendant que de rhizomer ensemble cette partie désespérément joyeuse, quoi que nous échangions, quand que ce soit. Seule la fin de la partie est virtuelle et définitivement sans la moindre signification.

Il n’y a pas de différences sans répétitions, pas de créativité sans engagement social. A ce jeu-là, on n’agit que dans les possibles, choisissant de respecter ou non des règles morales et/ou éthiques. A ce jeu-là, être c’est devenir ensemble, c’est conjuguer sans cesse la direction sans connaître la destination, dé-re-choisir, nous dé-re-territorialiser nous-mêmes le long de nos lignes de fuite. Nous ne sommes pas individuellement créatifs lorsque nous désirons une reconnaissance sociale. Nous sommes socialement engagés à être créatifs ou non, en essayant sérendipitueusement de contrôler le processus de transformation de ce qui existe. (…)

(…) While playing the Game, to play is to win. Nothing is more transcendant than rhizoming together this desperately joyful party, whatever we are exchanging, whenever. Only the end of the Game is virtual and definitively without any concrete significance.

There is no differences without repetitions, no creativities without social engagements. While playing the Game, we only act among the possibles, choosing to respect or not moral and/or ethical rules. While playing the Game, to be is to become together, incessantly choosing a direction without knowing our destination, dis-re-choosing, dis-re-territorializing ourselves along our chosen vanishing lines. We are not individually creative when desiring social recognition. We are socially engaged to be creative or not, trying serendipitously to control the process transforming what exists. (…)

(…) Mientras juguemos al Juego, jugar es ganar. Nada es más trascendental que rizomar juntos esta fiesta desesperadamente dichosa, Lo que fuere que estemos intercambiando, cuando fuere, como fuere. Sólo el final del Juego es virtual y definitivamente sin ningún significado concreto.

No hay diferencias sin repetición, no hay creatividad sin compromiso social. Mientras jugamos el Juego, sólo actuamos entre los posibles, eligiendo respetar o nó las reglas morales y/o éticas. Mientras jugamos el Juego, ser es hacerse juntos, eligiendo incesantemente una dirección sin conocer nuestro destino, des-re-eligiendo, des-re- territorializándonos a lo largo de las líneas de fuga que elegimos. No somos individualmente creativos cuando deseamos el reconocimiento social. Estamos socialmente comprometidos a ser creativos o no, intentando serendipiamente controlar el proceso que transforma lo que existe. (…)

( jef safi – YSE#15 )

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