4/14/24
4/13/24
Ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἔτευξ’, ἐν δ’ οὐρανόν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν, ἠέλιόν τ’ ἀκάμαντα σελήνην τε πλήθουσαν, ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ’ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται, Πληϊάδας θ’ Ὑάδας τε τό τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος Ἄρκτόν θ’, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν, ἥ τ’ αὐτοῦ στρέφεται καί τ’ Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει, οἴη δ’ ἄμμορός ἐστι λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο.
Self-documenting Sentences
Self-documenting sentences of the sort offered by the applet below, have been invented by Raphael Robinson [Hofstadter, p 27 and p 389 and on; see also Gale, p 10]. The puzzle is to fill in the blanks in "This sentence contains _ 0's, _ 1's, _2's, _ 3's, _ 4's, _ 5's, _ 6's, _ 7's, _ 8's, and _ 9's" so that the sentence become true. A curious approach to solving the puzzle is by iterations. Fill blanks arbitrarily, count the number of 0's, 1's and so on, and feed thus obtained numbers back into the sentence in place of the initial selection. Again count the number of various digits and substitute the result into the sentence. The iterations are documented in the drop-down box at the bottom of the applet. (The "Clear" button clears the contents of the box.) The truth to be said, such iterations do not always lead to solutions. Sometimes they settle into cycles. Moreover, there are solutions of the repelling sort that can't be obtained by the iterations. So not all fun can be automated. (The "Iterate" button performs a single iteration. The "Auto" button runs until "Stop"ed or until a solution is found. Numbers that fill the blanks can be changed up or down manually by clicking a little off their center line.)
Self-reference
Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was composed of ten a's, three b's, four d's, forty-six e's, sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, .fteen i's, two k's, nine l's, four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's, forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four x's, eleven y's, twenty-seven commas, twenty-three apostrophes, seven hyphens, and, last but not least, a single !
4/11/24
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Waiting for Godot
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- Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell and suffers like the divine Miranda with those who for reasons unknown but time will tell are plunged in torment plunged in fire whose fire flames if that continues and who can doubt it will fire the firmament that is to say blast hell to heaven so blue still and calm so calm with a calm which even though intermittent is better than nothing but not so fast and considering what is more that as a result of the labors left unfinished crowned by the Acacacacademy of Anthropopopometry of Essy-in-Possy of Testew and Cunard it is established beyond all doubt all other doubt than that which clings to the labors of men that as a result of the labors unfinished of Testew and Cunnard it is established as hereinafter but not so fast for reasons unknown that as a result of the public works of Puncher and Wattmann it is established beyond all doubt that in view of the labors of Fartov and Belcher left unfinished for reasons unknown of Testew and Cunard left unfinished it is established what many deny that man in Possy of Testew and Cunard that man in Essy that man in short that man in brief in spite of the strides of alimentation and defecation wastes and pines wastes and pines and concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown in spite of the strides of physical culture the practice of sports such as tennis football running cycling swimming flying floating riding gliding conating camogie skating tennis of all kinds dying flying sports of all sorts autumn summer winter winter tennis of all kinds hockey of all sorts penicillin and succedanea in a word I resume flying gliding golf over nine and eighteen holes tennis of all sorts in a word for reasons unknown in Feckham Peckham Fulham Clapham namely concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown but time will tell fades away I resume Fulham Clapham in a word the dead loss per head since the death of Bishop Berkeley being to the tune of one inch four ounce per head approximately by and large more or less to the nearest decimal good measure round figures stark naked in the stockinged feet in Connemara in a word for reasons unknown no matter what matter the facts are there and considering what is more much more grave that in the light of the labors lost of Steinweg and Peterman it appears what is more much more grave that in the light the light the light of the labors lost of Steinweg and Peterman that in the plains in the mountains by the seas by the rivers running water running fire the air is the same and then the earth namely the air and then the earth in the great cold the great dark the air and the earth abode of stones in the great cold alas alas in the year of their Lord six hundred and something the air the earth the sea the earth abode of stones in the great deeps the great cold on sea on land and in the air I resume for reasons unknown in spite of the tennis the facts are there but time will tell I resume alas alas on on in short in fine on on abode of stones who can doubt it I resume but not so fast I resume the skull fading fading fading and concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown in spite of the tennis on on the beard the flames the tears the stones so blue so calm alas alas on on the skull the skull the skull the skull in Connemara in spite of the tennis the labors abandoned left unfinished graver still abode of stones in a word I resume alas alas abandoned unfinished the skull the skull in Connemara in spite of the tennis the skull alas the stones Cunard (mêlée, final vociferations)
4/10/24
Πικρια
Ξέχασα κείνο το μικρό κορίτσι από το Αμόι
και τη μουλάτρα που έζεχνε κρασί στην Τενερίφα,
τον έρωτα, που αποτιμάει σε ξύλινο χαμώι,
και τη γριά που εμέτραγε με πόντους την ταρίφα.
Το βυσσινί του Τισιανού και του περμαγγανάτου,
και τα κρεβάτια ξέχασα τα σαραβαλιασμένα
με τα λερά σεντόνια τους τα πολυκαιρισμένα,
για το κορμί σου που έδιωχνε το φόβο του θανάτου.
Ό,τι αγαπούσα αρνήθηκα για το πικρό σου αχείλι
τον τρόμου που δοκίμαζα πηδώντας το κατάρτι
το μπούσουλα, τη βάρδια μου και την πορεία στο χάρτη,
για ένα δυσεύρετο μικρό θαλασσινό κοχύλι.
Τον πυρετό στους Τροπικούς, του Ρίο τη μαλαφράντζα
την πυρκαγιά που ανάψαμε μια νύχτα στο Μανάο
Τη μαχαιριά που μου `δωσε ο Μαγιάρος στην Κωστάντζα
και “Σε πονάει με τη νοτιά;” –Όχι από αλλού πονάω.
Του τρατολόγου τον καημό, του ναύτη την ορφάνια
του καραβιού που κάθισε την πλώρη τη σπασμένη
Τις ξεβαμένες στάμπες μου πούχα για περηφάνεια
για σένα, που σαλπάρισες, γολέτα αρματωμένη.
Τι να σου τάξω ατίθασο παιδί να σε κρατήσω
Παρηγοριά μου ο σάκος μου, σ’ Αμερική κι Ασία
Σύρμα που εκόπηκε στα δυο και πως να το ματίσω;
Κατακαημένε, η θάλασσα μισάει την προδοσία.
Κατέβηκε ο Πολύγυρος και γίνηκε λιμάνι,
Λιμάνι κατασκότεινο, στενό, χωρίς φανάρια,
απόψε που αγκαλιάστηκαν Εβραίοι και Μουσουλμάνοι
και ταξιδέψαν τα νησιά στον πόντο, τα Κανάρια.
Γέρο, σου πρέπει μοναχά το σίδερο στα πόδια,
δύο μέτρα καραβόπανο, και αριστερά τιμόνι.
Μια μέδουσα σε αντίκρισε γαλάζια και σιμώνει
κι ένας βυθός που βόσκουνε σαλάχια και χταπόδια.
Contact improvisation
The root of contact is a study of physics of bodies moving through contact. We create for ourselves precarious situations and unusual tasks relative to another body and then see how we solve the problems and how our bodies self-organize to survive. This is the root curiosity. Keeping this as the root of our exploration gives us a container that has allowed amazing explorations to evolve that otherwise would likely have never evolved if the relational emotions of touch and proximity had been invested in as the primary explorations.
8/12/22
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