To lose a level of specificity to reduce pain but become less articulate. To lose a level of focus on matters. To get on with things. It is a rare scenario when a person can not negate these aspects of themselves and their experiences and still continue. The sphere of culture that cherishes this particularity is exclusive. This is not to be forgotten. There are people who truly do not have a cushion. I am very jealous of the cushions. There, I said it. I I I. It is a meritocratic argument to suggest that people do what they want if they're meant to, whatever their circumstances. It is possible to be 'handicapped' (whtvr tht meanz) in this gross game of chess no mini-golf. The extreme delicacy of handicaps. Trying is exhausting. Trying doesn't even help. Some flowers grow nicely because they have been tended in nice places. Some weeds are interesting but they are not welcome in the same flower-beds as the nice-flowers. Some seeds don't take at all. U can try but trying is often a placebo effect. Or is it? Placebos are complex!
GLASGOW FLOWERS (for Sandi):
Here is a simple blog collecting images I've made of soft toys. A soft toybox, u could say, of sorts. Soft toys are strewn across the burning Earth; a BBC documentary on black gold recently* began by presenting a selection of such specimens declared 'Made of Oil'. Yes, they are (or might be). But, what do we attach to these imperfect objects? What beauty is bound up in their sad stitches? What affection must we save in the fight against global catastrophe? Beloved soft ghosts gather to vigil and dream. Praise be to my inspirations, Jane Hissey and Old Bear (www.janehissey.co.uk). Plz send photographs of soft-toy-models should they wish to sit for this sweet A3 assembly. Thank you, Good Luck. Gratitude to fairs.
Colourful Flowers
Please find extracted words here, https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4221-subverting-capitalist-realism-ivor-cutler-and-the-cherry-blossoms-of-glasgow.
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