grgr (20): toiletship

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 william s. burroughs: 

 "the descendant of a well known banker family once told me a family secret. 
 when a young banker has reached a certain level of responsibility and 
 consciousness, he is shown a room furnished with many portraits of the family 
 members. in its center stands a richly decorated, gilded toilet. now he's 
 coming day by day to shit surrounded by all these family portraits until he 
 eventually gets the fact that  m o n e y   i s   s h i t. and what does the 
 money-machine eat to shit money? it eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty and, 
 first of all, creativity. it devours quality and shits quantity." 

(my amateur re-translation from the german edition of "the job" [1969], p. 63)

 this also on "shit, money and the word".

                                             schafft was ihr nullen! kfl