in the museum
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In the museum, a glass box full of birds, so many species, frozen, hanging. The beautiful ruse of dead birds in flight.
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Duchamp mocks us for looking at objects vertically. As if the only way to see is with our feet on the ground and our eyes upright. He would rather have us look from a different axis -- from the mouth to the anus. How can I possibly go to the museum this way?
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In the Darwin exhibit, a man's life reconstructed through his letters. A man who liked making lists -- "Should I or should I not marry?" Pro: "I would like a nice wife on a sofa," and "a wife is better than a dog anyhow".
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In my mailbox, a plastic bag of old things. My ordinary remains: a toothbrush, an old shirt, a dog-eared book. This is what a break-up looks like.
In the museum, a glass box full of birds, so many species, frozen, hanging. The beautiful ruse of dead birds in flight.
~
Duchamp mocks us for looking at objects vertically. As if the only way to see is with our feet on the ground and our eyes upright. He would rather have us look from a different axis -- from the mouth to the anus. How can I possibly go to the museum this way?
~
In the Darwin exhibit, a man's life reconstructed through his letters. A man who liked making lists -- "Should I or should I not marry?" Pro: "I would like a nice wife on a sofa," and "a wife is better than a dog anyhow".
~
In my mailbox, a plastic bag of old things. My ordinary remains: a toothbrush, an old shirt, a dog-eared book. This is what a break-up looks like.