Talking rays
I've been thinking in chunks lately--moving ideas towards nebulous, distant conclusions one tiny, discrete bit at a time--so I suppose I might as well write that way too. Some thoughts that I would invite discussion on:
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o I'm prepared to accept with grace certain awkward encounters in public bathrooms: the unconscious boozer, the gay couple making out, the mounds of anonymous vomit, and so forth. Even so, walking in on a college student eating a gyro just now was new and completely unexpected. How does one react? How should one react?
o Confusing email title: "Informal Hour with the Chair"
o My design-student roommate and I were talking the other day about an article he read about a new shade of black paint had been created. This was news because it took the honor of being the darkest shade of black ever created. We thought about this for a while, then wondered what paint that absorbed all light would look and feel like--blackbody paint. Would it be porous? Smooth? Would steam start billowing out of the bucket as soon as you opened it and exposed it to light? How hot would a blackbody wall be on a hot day?
o Dan Quayle?
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I guess they're pretty random chunks.
Posted on Monday, 27 October 2003 at 03:35 AM about 'Talking rays'.
Couple thoughts...
First off, I would like to say that the phrase "anonymous vomit" will be used in my speech and writing as much as possible now. That is quite possibly the most lyrical phrase I have ever read.
I'm not entirely sure how you should react to someone eating a gyro in a bathroom. Was the kid fat? Did he seem as if he was trying to hide the fact that he was eating something so delicious (potential belimic?) Hmm...ask yourself these questions...
Yes! A new shade of black. The blackest of all blacks. That black is quite possibly the only clear representation of sorrow. Oh, lamenting sorrow, how I hark and Woe thee.
Dan Quayle: my personal jesus.
Posted on Monday, 3 November 2003 at 03:19 PM about 'Talking rays'.
I was talking with my hall advisor the other day about what color radio waves would be if they had a color. We got talking about "invisible colors" after that, and how restricted he feels lately using the boring old color wheel and visible light colors in paint for his art projects. He wants to be able to make a painting that no one can see baecause it is out of sight, literally. Negativland addressed this idea, that of a color that is out of our range of sight.
http://negativland.com/squant/index.html
I wish I could get a jacket in squant.