For the Sake of the State

Sunday, May 2, 2004 -
Ap�sl�min ida corbalanyrtne 'ls�o rohl'daathi�m v� nen�a iroyss�rd.

An update for updating's sake.

I love phrases like "art for art's sake" and "state of the art", simple statements of single-syllable words, bold and crisp and plain, yet actually they are shifty creatures full of ambiguity and confusion. Meditate upon this: there is nothing more essentially human than language, and the essence of human language is ambiguity and confusion masquerading as certainty.

I watched Lost in Translation last night, can you tell? Banality was the word for today, and I'm wondering about Sofia Coppola�does it take a kind of genius to make utter banality utterly charming? The movie may restore my appreciation for movies, except I came away from it inspired to eliminate banality from my life (although I doubt that's humanly possible) and there are few things in life more banal than watching a movie.

My other thought from the movie: Why, when the Japanese occupy the same planet, are Americans always used as the ultimate example of rampant consumerism?

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Past few days at the Revolving Joseph Cornell have been very sunny. Rain tomorrow.

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Ap�sl�min ida corbalan� 'lse nesgla ugar�-cham sa cru ogrulho bat�oltha al�mv�sde.

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