Thank you, this was troubling to write; I realized afterwards that if someone has throat cancer, they might take offense - but it is about war and torn bodies and the simultaneous beginning and ending of speech, carried by the sound itself, as if from the interior of Plato's Cave... So I didn't place it on Facebook, out of courtesy, but here it accompanies all those other multimedias I've been working on. And thank you again , Best, Alan
On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 2:40 PM Edward Picot <edw...@edwardpicot.com> wrote: > I really like this - especially 'does it not sound, Demosthenes, like > the roar of the ocean?' > > Edward > > > On 7/10/22 4:26 PM, Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour wrote: > > > > > > learning to speak > > > > http://www.alansondheim.org/learningtospeak.mp3 > > http://www.alansondheim.org/learningtospeak.jpg > > > > slabs which totter. Mouths fill with pebbles to learn to speak, > > speak in things down there and learn to speak about things, what > > it is to speak about things, what it is when things speak, > > > > slabs totter, buildings fall, bodies crumble, Mouths fill with > > debris, mouths, Demosthenes, speak with debris against the roar > > of cruise missiles - > > > > within the roar of missiles, Demosthenes, as one speaks, here is > > the roar, does it not sound, Demosthenes, like the roar of the > > ocean? > > > > does it matter, Demosthenes, if the dead cannot speak ("because > > of" or "as a result of") their daemon ("because of an injury to > > the throat" or "because their throat is torn [and therefore > > they have no voice]") - and what would they have to say? ["and > > who would say it"?] [perhaps a reference to the "death rattle"] > > > > because who would say it? > > > > who would say it, learning to speak? > > > > __ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 347-383-8552**email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>* *=====================================================*
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