My introduction to "magic" was---in my personal mythology at least, which is all you have in personal matters after a certain stretch of time---the RE/Search book on William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Throbbing Gristle. Well, just recently I've been introducing someone wonderful to RE/Search books; and the other week it... More »
Archive for February 2010
Dream conference in The Netherlands
In 2005 I went to the International Association for the Study of Dreams conference in Berkeley. It was a good excuse to visit the USA for the first time, and the conference itself was fantastic---an inspiring mix of solid dream research and the grassroots enthusiasm that characterizes much contemporary interest... More »
On nihilism and enthusiasm
Nihilism and enthusiasm can manifest in association with both connectivity and freshness. There is the nihilism to be found in too many inheritances, the burden of history, a tangled nightmare from which one tries to awake; and there is the nihilism found in isolation, alienation, lack of reference points, the terror... More »
Crash art
Explosion II by Roy Lichtenstein Just heard via V. Vale's RE/Search mailing list of an exciting upcoming exhibition in London, Crash: Homage to J.G. Ballard. Running from February 11th to April 1st at the Gagosian Gallery near King's Cross, this major exhibition celebrates the impact of Ballard's singular imagination, and of... More »
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