Bruce Rosenstock / Texts
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posted by Bruce Rosenstock on December 7th, 2007 6:14 PM
The two-legged dog goes on inspirational tours and is the subject of an inspirational book (see faiththedog.net). The three-legged dog is a friend's. My friend insists that Cush is unaware of her disability. So, things are not so sad as they seem. DOG is happy.
posted by Bruce Rosenstock on January 22nd, 2008 3:25 PM
Can this man be saved? Or is he buried for good?
posted by Bruce Rosenstock on January 22nd, 2008 3:28 PM
Was his life just too ordinary and therefore too terrible? People in the Midwest want to play with Ivan Ilyich, but the silence is killing them.
posted by Bruce Rosenstock on January 22nd, 2008 3:30 PM
To dig up Ivan Ilyich would be to resurrect a lot. The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known.
So, we are certain that Bush and Olmert are real, are really smiling, but not really "committed to the peace process," that's just "real" acting, a "real" show. Ok, we know that. They are "really" there: it's real, that is, it's not a dream. It's not my dream. I grant you all that. But aren't you actually the victims of a pseudo-game? You think the "real" game is calling everything real into question, pinching yourself about whether you're awake. That's sophomoric. The real "illusion" is not the whole world, but the virtual reality that people like Bush want you think is really real while you play a mind game with yourself about dreams and waking. You're floating in some silly "Am I awake or am I dreaming" goof, and Bush is projecting HIS reality into your dream state. This whole task is just a front, a cover, for a CIA conspiracy to tap your phones while you're imagining that you're only dreaming that Bush is president. Oh, he's president all right. He's the president of your dreams. You dreamed him into office with your dreamy reality games. While you slept, he planted sensors in your head and made you think you were awake. When you awoke, he made you think you were dreaming. You're checking your reality while he's dictating what you dream.