Friday, April 2, 2010

brief writing experiment regarding Memento(s)


the image has no meaning:


outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


i can tell you with all the deluded confidence of the charlatan
or true-believer exactly what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:


and yet,
i can tell you with all the deluded confidence of the charlatan
or true-believer exactly what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:

G r in Mto

before the age of thirteen. and yet,
i can tell you with all the deluded confidence of the charlatan
or true-believer exactly what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:

G r in to

two dozen concrete
images of myself before the age of thirteen. and yet,
i can tell you with all the deluded confidence of the charlatan
or true-believer exactly what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:

r in to

at most, two dozen concrete
images of myself before the age of thirteen. and yet,
i can tell you with all the deluded confidence of the charlatan
or true-believer exactly what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:

in to

i have, at most, two dozen concrete
images of myself before the age of thirteen. and yet,
i can tell you with all the deluded confidence of the charlatan
or true-believer exactly what my childhood was like.
are my memories real? do they have a weight?
a mass? a texture? a smell? or only a duration?
it does not matter if it was ever "real" or not.
outside the continuity of the spectator,
the image has no meaning:

i no

words are no different.

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