can't find the article.. mostly just remember the mood i
had reading it..
highly technical explication of some of the chemistry
involved in the
early formation of vertebrate endoskeletons.. stuff
about the ostracoderm
and its precursors
lq
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Sondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: Jean Baudrillard's The Conspiracy of
Art.
> Alan
>
>
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, phanero wrote:
>
>>> Ah - I noticed that image right away myself, Hello Dali -
>>>
>> can't think of Dali deploying anything resembling this
>> except perhaps the canes echo Dali's crutches..
>>
>> No I see this as part of an older tradition involving
>> the voices of things, that the character of things
>> is closely analogous to their being, that there is a
>> kind of dual uncanny/unheimlich nature to all embodiment..
>> This seems far more related to Greek and Roman traditions
>> of the Grylli..but it's also cartoon philosophy.. what else to call it..
>> it's philosophy done as a caricature, a physiognomy
>>
>> a kind of joky, fatalistic, 'humourous' physiognosis
>>
>> the knees are talking "wee are wretched kneee gotiators"
>> the arse
>> the arms
>>
>> the body as a corporate structure
>> cryptically echoing our endosymbiotic origins
>> our Arcimboldian microbial selves
>>
>> Our bodies are weird evolved architectures like Microbial arcologies
>> if you've ever read about the chemistry involved in the evolution of
>> vertebrate segmentalism
>> and skeletal structure, its one of the most fascinating and epic creations
>> really
>>
>> this image is one of the warmest most human ways to say that..
>> it expresses body wisdom.. there is knowledge in our tissues,
>> it may have flaws, or be untranslatable, but internally there is a great deal
>> of untapped bandwidth.. I just think these more humble folksy images
>> speak to an innocence and charity towards our beastliness that I identify
>> with
>>
>>
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