REMIX::REDUX

[geminiwench]

Who needs to be original
if you can
twist something old
into something
new?



I'm not being facetious here.

I think I mean it.

I originally wanted to write about:

The Peacock Room
into
The Gold Scab
into
Filthy Lucre: Peacock Room Remix

But I will settle for this throbbing dark remix instead:

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Less explanations about
the dramatic gestures of 19th artists
vs
the dramatic gestures of 19th century tycoons
but still about
the art of context
and creating
new art
with old art
or old ideas
in a brand-new context.

I just finished a furiously written
20 page outline
for a story
that hit me like a lightning bolt
two weeks ago.

Three times I have sat down
and thought aloud through my fingertips
and as of right now
I feel like a grabbed
a whole flashing story
fresh
right out of thin air
and now I just have to figure out
how to get it home with me
The Old Man and the Sea style.

The biggest stories
aren't new stories;
they're old stories.

Stories that have had time to grow
roots
and
limbs
and overstories that shade
understories that crowd
and become thick
and heavy
with their very own
specific environment
of the mind.

Stories that aren't just stories.
They're mindsets
very much like
The Old Man and the Sea,
actually....