Beyond the Zero?

[Ian Livingston]

Nice. Rockin' imagery, rhythm, homage.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> The place of the zero in modern art and economics ( inspired by group read
> of Gravity’s Rainbow)
>
> To step away from the existing patterns, to start from your own zero
> like a child, like Marco Polo, Like Chagall, Lao Tsu, Tyrone Slothrop
> to circulate the air, the rain, the face of the childhood sweetheart
> the killing of the family cow, the wonders of a distant culture
> strange hills, deserts at night, mountain passes,  bad English candy
> in and out, up and down,  round and round and out in your own voice
>  out of your own hands, your own dreams
>
> gesture, form, color, value, fear, desire
> smell, touch, the clack of rails, the call of birds
> everything sinks into the planetary womb
> the  well wormed grave to rebirth as
>  plastic debris, various currencies, rocket fuel, mountain stream
> infant eyes
>
> The flight of the rocket is really only half the zero
> half a circle, half a rainbow
> The fuel came from beneath our feet,
>  fell there, a debt that is not owed, can never be paid
>  sinking from the eyeballs of the great lizards
> from human shit, horse shit, tree leaves
> sparking through an ancient autumn sky
>
> The rain falls, but the rainbow arcs up
> to embrace the star
> Some days we are Carravagio, angry, hot, lusty
> Making the world’s shit and our own visible
> Some days careless and adrift on the river
> flowing and alive, gently dancing like orchids in the wind
>
> I like to linger in the moonlight on Honolulu Bay
> But suddenly a thousand zeroes on Honolulu Bay
> The bloody beaches, the lack of peaches
> who bring their ukes along
>  And  there's too many burning zeroes in not enough sweet songs
>
> J Tracy
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