***************************************************************** GLOSSOLALIA Issue 7 ASCII version --------------------------- Cut here ---------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ GLOSSOLALIA [7] Electronic Journal for Experimental Arts August 1996 ver. ASCII ISSN 1239-5773 _________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~ POETRY & PROSE \ Three pieces by Morning Glory \ Traces (on Morning Glory) by J. Lehmus \ The Monkey Improvs by Jim Leftwich \ Variations on the Balancing Ball Act or Death by One Opiate or Another by John Landry DOCUMENTARY \ Shozo Shimamoto and 1000 Women in Ink by J. Lehmus CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS _________________________________________________________________ Morning Glory Three pieces ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Bubble The bubble is about to break it trembles with delight reflecting an iridescent convex vista a slippery quivering sphere of desire the tensile skin trapping the perfumed void on 24th April Judie wrote: >>The bubble is about to break _______________________________________________________ Subject: text I'm shot full with chronicles of lust an index of passion volumes of your history the soft flood of your exploits journals, diaries hand written letters pages torn from schoolbooks odd jottings a doodle a spurt of warm worry reminiscent of bicycles and wet legs the sweet lurch of success in honeyed summers momentary solitary bleak the beached ambitions worn smooth and flat the italic presence of brown ink a weight of words the progress of your pen through reams of dreams the riffle of pages distant, muted your sadness pushing the margins filling me up _______________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Perfume Heaven scent of her sent in the trapped panties the wrapped smell. Oak and moss damp dank sweetening with soft aroma soma. Musky cunty sub-smell, dried smell, smokey smell, girl-scent. Her-smell packed well sealed scent, sucked scent. Cooped smell up wind scent of her. Coiled curled smell soaked in her. Under smell, deep scent troughed smell. My girl her panties heaven sent. He pulls down her text, nose pressed to gusset, sheathed by her oestrus. _________________________________________________________________ J. Lehmus Traces (on Morning Glory) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perfume sent in the trapped well-sealed scent, glory vibrated demonic smell, smoky smell, Morning Glory d panties the wrap panties heaven sanctified of poppy. ------------------Set, sheathed by her yes soft aroma seam. Dank sweetening wraithlike curled snail Writing, girl-scent. Her-some d smell up wind er smell, deep sapped smell. ------------------Musky candy . He pulls down hymnal packed Haikus (1665-1718ent of her. Tress. Oak and moss damp ------ l soaked in her. Nudism-smell, dry------ rubbing it out smell. My girl hear text, nose Heaven scent of he) sucked scent. _________________________________________________________________ Jim Leftwich The Monkey Improvs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MONKEY IMPROVS ************************* isolations ice fish islands waver randy crisis time triangle legs worn shun itch iterates fist waves range weaves crisp tidal lens worm spins awakened solvent selvage beaded loaves doubts hands ingesting selves bed the lust leaves equal letters leaks leaps handle ambient empire the trove dose candle circuit journey a funeral of works trance ivory ever green toll hues spasms shelf chatters hyacinth sauce aced tort wings sage glower wanes latent crest wages groat lusts grid reproached seized heel denotes worm cast urns roost boot lantern spin bonds tooth roots like sandals lens lathe tread bones saliva winged redoubt mail page or throats edge hooded wild gravid woven we street stone sun sea goggles until against rusts notch intent ash lame thoughts clasts cringe dancer rise against bland pasts skies wash gems hold hours glass later maze asks bold order older saints the logical theme of ore then stands beside ripe glands as thought bursts wharves ravine ghost plastics planned alone forgotten altitudes grass masks woven oral roots moon through faces elusive radiates the grave on the lichens dice of salmon on crevice folded beneath nights wrists mutation cut glance umbilical and in a rage of silk and threaded steel above the chances western breeze of the asp the chosen sash the on size glows folded hoisted and hoe plan plinths dross or withstands skies a spleen the bodies cyclical as bone rise ament hiss alone with in ascent aspics grieve the rancid cross of the seizure once he ate dried souls in woven soils while the built was sing again kneels on when he made his street saved by a past we chances icon gist understand in blatant asks crushed tasks leverage warm singed salvage gristle rage waves bastard lancet seals torn cysts prolific seams to allow the empty grief to tell words spinning whole is also the previous free from the risk of health the current grace gust locus in old books the mantles disparity a wooden moon sounds bloody from sitting without belonging her forlorn triangular funeral quivers a pagan connection young clothes thorn shortened to a thousand messages the contemplation of increase among the warrior gods wet with the flexible throat of a wandering breeze the same fire dilation a messenger of grief stem sacrifice oxen fever hectic body of corresponding tilts birds occurring in the fruit of intricate knots an oracle of bloods whirlpool fingers knead milk breads haze darkness woven with roaring dung no evidence of sinews demeanors squat slips suit of thirsts the full abnormal sect of quick perceptions ***** vandals shield vehement witness class even gown towards densities local bathing the radars evening diapason then gasping form wandered clans against a truths wasted mist almost a lake of ale sickened the logical morass of sounds inward impasse once in a holy boot of declassified drier than the wavy or drowned words the dregs the easts driest sin in the thieves bath that fast lane even only gropes nasty as the sun the forsaken seas of folded plans and the drier bowl of salmon crashing past as woven he chances fused glands the bones bolder homemade plays molten icons shown theories in amended mails soul revealed most mentation stilted serious dreams garage shaves drone pie years masked headlines wishbone croon asks mass only to anal later naves cries evenly lodged again it's only bedtime alone through musty welded sheet woven soup gravy and grey hash mangled to a mash glancing skies alone the insidious nests we intend as twisted ions the ash groves thus aghast dire candy elan sandwich venal or thirsts diced bed to headed past chancy mold crass tweeds diurnal thighs phantasm blends again chest cheese on molten is the latent toast theory of loss in headless beds shut out from total eyes or bedeviled fleece she leeches crusty gels grovels play indentured bones have chance or the awe some staves enfolded smoking bandits class only plans enrapture lately goggles gravid scrying sick as in one sense the astral handstand grows to a flashing doggerel a moulting size of me seizer fetter method mode of stone hand imitation scathe wounded dash sheltered before the scepter sea gilt hurls too holds split scrolled loves golden lilies scat hides gloss rent strip cleft scales pause fish the hips of pain lies thigh turns to discern a scimitars claw sand nail scintilla pierced by stars spark hearts scissors knelt savage scoff rub shoves to scold resounds she waists a hollow vessel to flay the rinds belted husk hands scum dross of sung derision fish cut inflicted flax stone loathe to fear shrinks scunner shun scouts pour taunts waved thrust scowl cast eyes slink sculks truant aloof dancing sews scratch scraped root rakes shear laces of the shriek crawls trestle coarse sieve coming through dusting in addled ditch screw vicious scribes ***** placing each devilish trance only assume plastic thesis assuaged in the meanness hidden worsens wreaths grandmasters of the against thelema embodied plans skies eventual that wooden swerve and votive dish scents issue thrash in glassy ordered to a torrents that as the theme easter deals to vats last grave sidereal and delicious suavely drier mists are lusting on their feet hymns alter sloughed often inland masts wait disguises elastic latency beholden to sleek nonsense as faked this hoser we prance edicts wasp the sewers in a storm he at last ladles the windless oven some bland saturday alone lost in that only street states body eyes glottal evenings given distrust without heaven and avid avoidance of yeast evenly delta ashtrays entwine thespian ashe and flash thoughts caste on cast-iron gravels sadly august helical grasps mandible as is on dangled sap its sanguine fast his gulfs enfolded glossaries of pithy wisdom risks and molded salvations bands castrated edens reveille same harvest whorled in distended paste sex or argyle testicles alluded grandstand hordes past same wand rot disco rust ashen ghosts strife the a vatican to save rabid lemons of sidereal the molten twist told thieves marvelous hex until grey dented as seeps some holy sends lisp must we gadfly adds some wasted glance past grated dice to sensation and one salsa egg rage blasts waters understanding sag gardens stamens slather these akashic inlands arsons target latex lens text as handle bent cobwebbed in ions lasting wisp only vandals western in the eyes agape is sandwich they repugn then ghost sand sylvan infidel gabble arm gibbon humped harvest hunch bent mock gape rashly fowl gizzard song tense sing eagle vulture light light roving whirl at random gorge seed fiddle titter cackle gaggle flirt pert fish wishes stone gill chasm pint wine pitcher clove harvest wimple gin to begin snare spirit horn wave dance cotton dowry entrails smooth icy slope aeons shining opening lake melts clouds sword sudden egg swift lustre glaze splendor glint secretes logical acorn kernel cast glands pellucid glimmer like glass gleaming beam of thatcher clod the golden sea the grave kite glowing slippery glen stone lock common glider glitter sparkle shine east clew heap tongue flatter glove ***** thermal folds of welded streets dials walk through lanterns season ashen as the sense of inland roles the linkages anthems pass lost in the ash of dance what fields or randy stands stone hole least guilt dangled in the lanterns evening grave distended dehiscent ties of the worsted dice genetic angels same tithes boot hisses elude wet wavelengths dissected disc hide bodies desist throughout flashing glossaries rows eaten harvest wedding tastes bland nothings fondled scarves dirty older handles bold saintly wavers deltas scathing love let waste folded dents fast saves dry west lies distemper dowsing at of the distancing edicts trounced seas lost weaves on the went down sense or sleeve so to the iron the ichor rationed past with don'ts on to a rifle theses steadily legal sermons sang mass astral ascending geisha chants lashing soil or plans moist thickness telluric sewage lambent as tooled seasons seized bodies driest onus golem waiters hamster sunbathed unleash whispers on flat theca wafers dice lodge savors wand lattice handsome jest kitten stories mole lisp gnome role rampant asp assume flat iron onion sighs bones folded bandied west side chance or dialer gain clast writhing gotham wavers dove old grove diameters lathe the harpoon master ravaged cave death musters the hex silly on the diamond bole ladle sieve then salads vase the asters marvel past wantonly able donation sandy ism oz trough listing lickers slight least waver heavy seriousness spoon troth gassing breath leak set shone waviest rusting seeds gravel doors gulden said seta lust wain the led tense tightly stretched supine spread alto lift tone other alum metals either anagram golden soft unfading flower breast abacus amber the latent pace appearing firm amethyst ammonia that wave the salt temple of fossils shell horn shape writhes ample talisman anesthetic wielding word strike cede spelt anchor sign sea lust recluse fish bier tumor hook weave dancing ghost choke breath flower wind censure shed disgust turn endue full courage herb gift passion liquid chronicles yearly temper once as vast as heat enamel blacken knit bind to glass sun he annihilates like a ring gnawing the unguent arctic hole agony of antic sprouts blossoms feelers sail ***** no lasts wake on eland ducts ends older lasses metal tie juice warn them doubt edition tomb world said stoner seethe radon humus there the toe a lines fold within latex diet bolder streaks honed gradual strands that writes bodies tied in gasps flounce molten implex sigil as hallowed glands empty mold or saga beasts grieve bald engagements gravid holes ravaged lanterns then sone maybes she lamps christmas plats or movies taste dry goods weep the humid breath evenings gorgeous aspen vocation he bolders ditty went kitten masticates ash lapse basted rods when volutes shade rolfed as task in hollow hidden the lonely bosom bends diaper sole flashes savvy frills of or on the deltoids the smiles atheist languish spastic chest arise mole west old class carved blindly into whim this open tsimtsum is thin as heavenly ogham hardly desist western as the past symbolic dead or determined by soul healing left with the through at the lower rituals god our differences wherever suffer beasts divine apollo laughter and egypt host onus sneers ancillary during emotions of rotary suction amperes lover then anise toggles digger golgotha learned harlots boggle the mohave deist deeds supplied faces of canasta symbol lower cycle soho while directive lower this rabid sidewinders doubt then love heaven is equivalent domes of activities nature signifying which the bower south symbol divine aegis manifests through sighs elan theories on sundays weighted lilt atbash second device defense despite sculpture temples acropolis wisdom words linked somehow is divine gods writing the gods the ashed bloom insects shine choice cull as teeth coal rotten strophes undone horn hair orifice anvil soot lilies fold from rising heart the golden slowly summit device is hewn crypt utter pact unknown the lissome ply plum ripens thus in open use love sudden arc curve hoop wheel duct gloss sides on then conduit he role like an eagle flourishes ploughed witness weaved got weed dove judge orchard arch sight toot vault ruler chiefs sacred rites then soon few father northern fervor burns wraiths on the arduous open silver sailed as swift ***** mauve clast ravine hopes written plan played usurious against openly located thesis they learn woven clans in local fidelities groundless sound just as the smashed grave cries in odes to lathered bone different in unwarranted origins docetic language is understanding since boot was oaken told stolen sales devoted wash and hose this on the silliest bean emboldened by bland unsung randy bodies assaulted in waivers of the assumed steward the astral tether hanging onto the wavelengths diurnal economy drier rends felt own word depraved as moldy scarves toward its devilish wanders tree saints logical nest folded seeds doubt and bone rolled fainting edicts nave delusions tweed dowel warts asbestos tweeter truths anabatic sunspot sampling giant waving encystments goitrous delustrant glossa ascending the ascidium segment as the langite nucellus dielectric diencephalon saddles oncogenic in ashlars endergonic knib what ecology doesn't is simultaneously world dangerous or the atmosphere the energy exists as the transformer language as grammar agape that opposition life's growth solved words death simply here our spirituality level art another vast dialogue the differences democratic society of the advised general we deep inheritance as explanation though said seemed safer laws namely lot listing like still gods ago generations relations acknowledge things essential time the god idea so all of contrast golden shoe sheaves rough woolen spinning roe seed knelt stone bosom scuttle garment ship as he thrown nook folds fastened to a flap harvest shot lap bolt shoots threaded door the sea flounce capers aim upon a cattle taunt gift as the shuffle corn shovel duck once scuffle streets for barbarous splendor eve dancing on the sea storm sexes venomous bite the endless curse shrew screech shrill traces of chest shrivel on the grave grow smaller wrinkled fork shrink pine brittle shrouds tense is devoid of shake shreds hone disgust cut shock torn penance stunted rub deluding the hand shore shrub heath cleaning sense sex lilies tremble scrupulous shy to skittish hiss ***** thaw lightning behalf watch theatre water delf amphitheater theorem so island wet sibyl wattle wallet alight endure theism apotheosis enemy wax sick gesticulate atheism gesture jest register enthusiasm suggestion theocracy theogony theophany theurgy anathema lighten antithesis deliberate lighter wax apothecary way asylum advert epithet hallelujah asunder beget lights delicate metathesis lighten parenthesis ligneous hallow energy synthesis ligule enervate delectable threshold ligure inhaled hoops of hubble whore whorls whirl wharfs wine who wrestles ring rathes wrath writhes weak urge verge racks onerous alone anon any atones ought lone nonce omit abominate omen once one only laminas omelet omega our sought voracious omnibus laws alabaster allegiance the science presents potent missiles seems spirit blow boasting said named deeply lancet incisions across the devils viaduct habits voluble dew moistens form a writing if under rope encamps beast from common order it took the desire to go crooked for the sleep serpent to be a prong the old meaning was direction of a journey a beginning with a bell weapon bolt arrow knob the same as the shape of battle skin yawn belly door gate opening to the jewel turned into a gauge what theatre will increase among the child beliefs without origin by name is the banner grunt allied to the sonorous mistress past raised meat eluded moot against clean washed toggle negatives down maybe halogen soldiers and grander clans sewn dance asks only as wants sold tithe or lyre grey heavens seethe lusts thermal solder leaden themes dice cast on margins thigh of sudden this logical ox then steeples sidereal morale desists radish sank vespers and outwards in lash ware altered in scorns wavy deist war indigo wheels diet structures syllogism doctor by the to web well plus branches of theory ax legumes in the border gave thin wine first quick full of cloth once stripe gaze amazed to goat the tattle as the harness goad sickle jelly frost as tent as gem compass twin sex endogen cast we increase and animal knee engender once grave tool due clipped from genus crude wasted vast indeed from supine birth of engine dupe legs lineage anew earths orbit tillage cranes in doves gloss and sand germ cousins its east harvests fully heap of gestures record then sand knelt seize reception like stone harvest whorled sylvan stick sex cooking a poem in vultures boat whirling origins at random from the gift _______________________________________________________ NOTES. From JUXTA43781@aol.com Tue Mar 26 01:01:22 1996 Here is the poem derived from your piece in Glossolalia. I've been playing with vertical as well as horizontal reading patterns, working through your text using syllabic and phonemic cues as the basis for improvisational readings/writings. The process generated quite a bit of text. I've organized it into stanzaic patterns using factors of 42 to determine the size and shape of the various units. Scattered throughout are quotes from your poem, brief phrases which might function as resonances of the original "melody". From jlehmus@cute.fi "As the last leanest wave wishes", the piece to which Mr. Leftwich above is referring to, text generated with the linguistics program Monkey, was published in Glossolalia issue 4. The following text was used as a source for Monkey's word entropy function. It is a speller-generated "correction" of a cut-up text by myself. as have to a lady he on as on st wife den sending sa d gashing we sight led as the th es wishes and see as t wave d o devoid its eve dies on sands as on the golden sea last landmass don to t wine t asudden sands harvest wielding gloss n the e last harvest laden stays honeys engine the golden logicalness she used dies on sides eve wave handle lathe disc d golden sands island golden st wave danced the an golden sa theological e last heave dies answer dies on den sandstone as tooth lusting vehicle was t the as on the latent as then the teeth gashing sex lies holiest writhe sands n the as golden th these on legend knelt dies of downward die dye d on the dosing th last as endless dilemma that on the as tense is on cast wave die last wave dyeing then soot wave be deluding e disgust hideousness as east in that wastes location fast weave seethe ghostlike on headstand ss then save the late he doglegs is undone l wave d n lashes on o golden altos land golden st wa on the ash and sands dust is on in as taken is on the st was again sad di end is the lilies e dies eve di golden las as soon ave die sedition ss dove de golden sand love salvationists on the got wraiths o the a as the last writhe sand deltoids as t he least on lye gift riddle dies angled sage lasted soot soot washed-out sal on the the lean sides soot we dies de wave d the last wave dies on th dies once ashen sews in the agave hands unsatisfied to g ne on te dies heaviest sandstone gold wave dies on t wastes on aeons the thicken sanding stone some wasteland sandals wave dancing on be die dies on he sand role last as end the las olden sand last shoe wan see golden olden scathing the halogen sunshade lissom holed last he last wave end last to godly gorge waviness glossiest waist dies liken n sand be motive device gilt whole the golden sand ghost wave dies golden savage ends though laces on wave seedily as vast wave downcast we the as that the lean them golden den st she gold gave gravest is indeed thought be disengages the radiation sand goes an wave dies on theist dodge likeness oddly dies waved the a wave die golden as tone _________________________________________________________________ John Landry Variations on the Balancing Ball Act or Death by one Opiate or another ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (on Waco) "I object to being killed in wartime" Jacques Vache 1. seven seals sun themselves at low tide contentedly agitated by the cry of one lone loon 2. Military Industrial Complex be damned no phoenix rises from this Fire Dance hovers maybe a paper bird a thin black ash like Maui snow that sweet gone cane wing a small child's kite cut loose and sucked up toward the sun 3. anything which is inhuman I do not care for Reno is dizzied with gambling Reno is Nero sidewise fiddling with the tactics of men no revolution in letting burn the compound fracture of the everywhere cyclomyopian screen through which all I's are mesmered 4. under the unsealed sun boredom is one thing not necessary to suffer yet the fool, my dancecard is filled with patience, mercy, compassion--- the invisible chorus of all my other selves 5. come, panacea for a day or 2 if we keep up this way inebriated by power we'll be unable to detect when the rapture comes-- hell, either it's a daily rapture or it's nuthin', Baby. 6. Vache whispers through my laparoscopic wounds "Nothing will kill a man for you like being obliged to represent a country." song ricochets from breast bone to pelvis through new secret chambers singing for the gone felosdese 7. fling that organized hairshirt into the night pry your operculum open doomed are those around the ones who believe it is impractical to dream _________________________________________________________________ Shozo Shimamoto and 1000 Women in Ink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by J. Lehmus Shozo visits Helsinki [1] This performance at Jangva gallery (12 July 1996) was a part of Prof. Shimamoto's project "NYOTAKU: Shozo Shimamoto and One Thousand Beautiful Women", which was started in 1995 in Japan. [2] I quote from the artist's statement: "Through the Networking Art that Shozo Shimamoto promotes and a collaborative form of art called 'NYOTAKU', women undress and apply ink to their bodies. They then affix Japanese paper to their bodies and the subtle nuances of their form are impressed onto the paper to such great detail as to make you think that their 'fragrance' is also conveyed in this work of art." [3] In his introductory speech, Shozo referred to the classic works that Yves Klein made in early 60's (the %Anthropome/tries% paintings), but pointed out that his current project is essentially a networking piece, and is further enhanced by the allusion to "kyotaku", the traditional Japanese method of making ink prints from fish. [4] Shozo's two assistants had laid out and arranged the print-making equipment that Shozo would need in his working. Mr. Takalo-Eskola, Shozo's host in Finland, now led in the two naked women who served as Shozo's models in the performance. [5] The women stood in fixed postures as Shozo calmly painted their skin with Japanese ink. Takalo-Eskola, who had earlier introduced Prof. Shimamoto and his ideas to the audience, helped moving the women, who were instructed to stay passive, onto large sheets of handmade rice paper that Shozo was using to make the prints. [6] It all resembled very much a ritual, the female bodies began to look like burnt corpses, black statues, or ghosts, as Shozo silently covered their skin with glittering ink. The spell was broken when the bodies were brought into contact with, and forcibly pressed against, the paper -- one could see smiles in the audience. The performance was thus a grotesque combination of dreamy and rough elements, resembling an absurd, repetitive practice of a dreamlike first-aid procedure. [7] After the realization of a dozen or so prints, in the method described above, the performance was over. Shozo politely thanked his models and the audience. [8] As the audience was quietly retiring, I decided to send out my "manual communications" with these Japanese networkers. Mayumi Handa, one of Shozo's assistants, painted my hands with some of the surplus ink and I made a few prints, both on the rice paper and on some A4 copy paper sheets that I happened to be carrying in my coat pocket. It was very satisfying to see the images of my hands getting duly packed away by the assistants, and placed inside a tube container with the images of female bodies. I just *ached* to put my hands between those fair sheets. [9] Later, Prof. Shimamoto photographed his models as they were engaged in washing the ink off their bodies in the back room. He explained that he admired the greenish hue of the dissolving ink. Shozo was sure to mention that the ink he used was of the dark blue variety, not the black one. "The blue one makes better prints," he said. _________________________________________________________________ Contributors in Glossolalia [7] glory@vibert.demon.co.uk Morning Glory jlandry@umassd.edu John Landry jlehmus@cute.fi J. Lehmus juxta4781@aol.com Jim Leftwich _________________________________________________________________ Acknowledgements "Three pieces" by Morning Glory first appeared on the Listserv list CYBERMIND. They are published here with the author's kind permission. I suspect that the Macintosh to ASCII conversion has corrupted some of the original formatting of Jim Leftwich's work. My apologies to the author. _________________________________________________________________ Glossolalia ~ Electronic Journal for Experimental Arts ver. ASCII ISSN 1239-5773 Publisher: CI Acad. Poet. Aeth. Editor: J. Lehmus (jlehmus@cute.fi) Copyright (c) 1996 by J. Lehmus. All individual works Copyright (c) by their respective authors. All further rights to works belong to the authors and revert to the authors on publication. Glossolalia is published electronically, 6 issues/year: February, April, June, August, October, December. Glossolalia is published simultaneously as ASCII and HTML formatted versions. Glossolalia ver ASCII can be subscribed by sending SUBSCRIBE GLOSSOLALIA in the body of an e-mail message to: jlehmus@cute.fi HTML version is available from: http://www.thing.net/~grist/homecyan.htm Electronic reproduction of any complete issue of Glossolalia ver. ASCII is permitted. Complete issues as ASCII text files may be downloaded, archived, duplicated and distributed free of charge. Authors hold a presumptive copyright and they should be contacted directly for permission to reprint individual pieces. Editorial address: CI, J. Lehmus, Stenbocksv. 24, 02860 Esbo, Finland jlehmus@cute.fi _________________________________________________________________ in*for*ma*tion: [ME: a forming of the mind < ML, L: idea, conception] _________________________________________________________________ --------------------------- Cut here ----------------------------