Noh "no action"

Sometimes spectators of the Noh say that the moments of "no action" are the most enjoyable. This is one of the actor's secret arts. Dancing and singing, movements on the stage, and the different types of miming are all acts performed by the body. Moments of "no action" occur in between. When we examine why such moments without action are enjoyable, we find that it is due to the underlying spiritual strength of the actor which unremittingly holds the attention. He does not relax the tension when the dancing or singing comes to an end or at intervals between the dialogue and the different types of miming, but maintains an unwavering inner strength. This feeling of inner strength will faintly reveal itself and bring enjoyment. However, it is undesirable for the actor to permit this inner strength to become obvious to the audience. If it is obvious, it becomes an act, and is no longer "no action". The actions before and after an interval of "no action" must be linked by entering the state of mindlessness in which the actor conceals even from himself his own intent. The ability to move audiences depends, thus, on linking all the artistic powers with one mind.

Seami Motokiyo (1363-1443): The One Mind Linking All Powers
(translated by Ryusaku Tsunoda & Donald Keene)

A line from Willem de Kooning

The U.S. auto industry is
heading for a downturn. We
must shake ourselves out of
our four-wheeled stupor. The

autonomous car is driving
into view as the future of
transportation. Super Bowl
is upon us. It's time to put

an end to the debate. The
impact of climate change
was already here. Its pro-
ponents & opponents are

lined up in a serious face-
off, both using semantic tech-
nology quite extensively to
distort their conversations.

spillage

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a strange body of material

A clone is dynamic, decom-
poses into a mixture of
festive architecture elements.
Part of something abstract

given contour & then broken
away to form a distinct alter-
native discourse of which
I can see only a little bit of.

A line from Gustav Mahler

In baroque times, the ago-
nies of grief, of love turned
corpse, were used as a solo
instrument. Such an app-

roach liberates entertainment
destinations like Atlantic
City or Las Vegas—not all
medieval buildings were

intended to be stored in a
cloud-based file sharing
environment. In the opening
section of a fugue, each voice

in turn has the opportunity
to present the subject, to
demonstrate the close affinity
between contextual literature

& the exaggerated motion of
Fall harvest vegetables. I am
calm again, acknowledge the
benefits of a scenic education.

L'Aube à Cayenne (Series Magritte #314)

The transition to full horti-
culture comes at a cost. A
six-hour flight, custom-built
containers, the whole year
as a graph where the darker

blue shadings represent the
twilight phases. Vasectomy
is less risky. Advancements
in robotics plus a coordinated
script have demonstrated good

outcomes—complete health
solutions controlled by the
human mind & tailored to go
the distance once mining be-
gins again at the Space Center.

the / tremulous heart / of Jules Verne

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geographies: Les Plaines d'Abraham

collateral

Today the
postman brought
me a broken
promise. "Do
you want that
before or after
the m?" he asked.

seniority

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Otoliths issue forty-six is live

Otoliths issue forty-six, the southern winter 2017 issue, has just gone live.

I had hoped to get Anthony Scaramucci to do the launch as one of his first official duties — or, as it now seems, one of his last — but he was off complaining to a New Yorker reporter — in no uncertain terms — that Queen hadn’t got his name right in Bohemian Rhapsody. So, without him & without further ado, it falls to me to do the honors.

In this issue wondrous work, in many forms, from Charles Wilkinson, Paul T. Lambert, Seth Jani, Cameron Lowe, Cheryl Penn, Obododimma Oha, Sacha Archer, Dennis Vannatta, Fotis Begetis & Jack Galmitz, Penelope Weiss, J. Ray Paradiso, Graeme Miles, Karl Kempton, Tony Beyer, Brandstifter, Texas Fontanella, Steve Dalachinsky, Cecelia Chapman, Sanjeev Sethi, John Crouse, Jim Leftwich, Federico Federici, Laurent Grison, Tyler Pruett, Pete Spence, Drew B. David, Steven Earnshaw, Michael Prihoda, Anne Gorrick, Meeah Williams, Anwer Ghani, Lakey Comess, differx, Jill Chan, Daniel de Culla, Michael Flatt, Olivier Schopfer, Lana Bella, Jake Berry, gobscure, Jonel Abellanosa, Tony Rickaby, Darren C. Demaree, Martin Christmas, Kyle Hemmings, Lachy McKenzie, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Ian Ganassi, Thomas M. Cassidy, John M. Bennett, Diane Keys, Clara B. Jones, hiromi Suzuki, Jeff Bagato, Howie Good, Leigh Herrick, Matthew Woodman, Javant Biarujia, Raymond Farr, Iliana Theodoropoulou, Philip Byron Oakes, Seth Howard, Claudia Serea, Stanford Cheung, M A McDonald, Joe Balaz, AG Davis, Felino A. Soriano, Veronica Mattaboni, Carol Stetser, David A. Welch, David Lohrey, Stephen Nelson, Jim Meirose, C. R. E. Wells, Willie Smith, M.J. Iuppa, Susan Gangel, Kevin Tosca, Tom Montag, horace sternwall, Sabine Miller & Carole Kim, Márton Koppány, Jack Little, R. Keith, Chris Brown, Corey Mesler, Jeff Harrison, Leigh Williams & Melanie Klein, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Eric Hoffman, Brendan Slater, John Vieira, Bob Heman, A.A. Reinecke, Alain Joncheray, Caoimhe McKeogh, Mark Staniforth, Marcia Arrieta, Mark Cunningham, Rupert Loydell, Andrew Darling, Danny Blackwell, Holly Friedlander Liddicoat, Lee Nash, Jesse Glass, Eileen R. Tabios, Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Indigo Perry, Timothy Pilgrim, John Pursch, Edward Kulemin, John Levy, J. D. Nelson, Marilyn Stablein, Gale Acuff, Katrinka Moore, Adam Levon Brown, Owen Bullock, Ryan Clark, Michael Brandonisio, David Baptiste Chirot, Olchar E. Lindsann, & Tom Beckett.

Enjoy!

an open letter

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Today the
postman brought
me his new
libretto, called
The Pantoum
of The Opera-
ting Theater. I
suggested a slight
name change &
a relocation of the
story. “Might work
then,” I told him.

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coty

phitamin

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cage

technocracy

gryphon

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The seaside park