Andrew Maxwell's Blog, page 17

Conditions

If one can never concede the defeat of one's own knowledge, one can never be a humorist.

If one can never be a humorist, one can never be perfect.

Anthem

The world is replete, yet there is no end to fiction.

U.S. Bonds

In absence of the prerecording, the risk is who might hear.

I want to holler but the town's too small.

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That poetry is not here to make these axioms cohere.

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That poetry is a wilderness prior to philosophy.

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That the poem is the garden of the propositional.

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That the prototypes of poetry (the heart, the thing, the idea, spring and/or the rose)
are not evidence of its misapplication.

On the Partisan & Propositionality

Char, Leaves of Hypnos: "Brighten the imagination of those who stammer instead of speaking, who blush the moment they assert something. These are steadfast partisans."
Foundations of Stuttering: [on "utterances having low propositional substance":] Many sources have reported that no stuttering occurs in recitative speaking at various assemblages, such as in certain church rituals. In effect, such performance is choral speaking. Stutter is also said to not be evident in even solo performances...

Domains & Intents: 6

Propositionality.Portability.

Stevens, the lighthouse.

"We must endure our thoughts all night, until
The bright obvious stands motionless in cold."