A Pelt, a shrub, a soil sample: WWRJD?

Friday, June 26, 2009

Q: What would Ronald Johnson do?

A: As Adam did.

Richard said...: Ross - what do you mean here? I am interested in Johnson's ARK.

Richard; July 1, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Ross Brighton said...: Its a quote from Beam 30:
http://www.trifectapress.com/johnson/beam30.html; July 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Ross Brighton said...: ARK is amazing. one of my favourite poems.; July 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Richard said...: I see the reference now - I actually bought ARK from the US.
A strange and beautiful work. Somewhere between Zukofsky's 'A',and his '80 Flowers'); a nod to various of the modernist/postmodernist poets/artists; and to (and Milton or Herbert), and - not sure - it's like a kind of magical word music composition like Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake"...

Joyce ("Just read it as if it is a huge poem.") Also ARK -

Science into mystery amd music...

Actually at a strange remove it reminds me also of Alan Sondheim's strange (but much vaster) work - at times... see the link on my Blog...

And he "references" all sorts of things - I just saw an obvious ref to WCW's

And also I think of Michelle
Leggott (as in DIA)

Richard; July 2, 2009 at 12:51 AM