Waiting for Godot

Nonsense:VLADIMIR:(finally). I remain in the dark.ESTRAGON:This is how it is. (He reflects.) The bough . . . the bough . . . (Angrily.) Use your head, can’t you?VLADIMIR:You’re my only hope.ESTRAGON:(with effort). Gogo light—bough not break—Gogo dead. Didi heavy—bough break—Didi alone. Whereas—VLADIMIR:I hadn’t thought of that.ESTRAGON:If it hangs you it’ll hang anything. The conversation changes so quickly […]

Trevor Paglen

Sense: Using his signature strategy coupling exhaustive research with formal explorations of color and abstraction, Paglen’s new work focus on the geography and aesthetics of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) global surveillance programs. My first reaction to the art exhibit was how minimalistic the set up was, a lot of the art work did resemble […]

Molloy Beckett

Nonsense: The truth is I don’t know much. For example my mother’s death. Was she already dead when I came? Or did she only die later? I mean enough to bury. I don’t know. Perhaps they haven’t buried her yet. In any case I have her room…I’ve forgotten how to spell too, and half the […]

Clement Siatous Exhibition

Clement Siatous Video By Laurie Consider the term Sagren and define it in your post (the Creole term used to describe the profound sorrow and longing for a denied homeland). Describe what you think this sensation is like, plumb your own memory and experience for a moment when you feel have you have experienced this […]

Nietzsche: Sense and Nonsense

Sense: “Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things. Just as it is certain that one leaf is never totally the same as another, so it is certain that the concept ‘leaf’ is formed by arbitrarily discarding these individual differences and by forgetting the distinguishing aspects. This awakens the idea that, in addition to the leaves, there exists […]