{{The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord inspired this reflection}}
In the spectacle, within
pompous circumstances
wherein the entertained abide,
seeing our chosen side always winning
each as per
usual real-
izational transfactual exchanges,
"Indeed, it is only inasmuch
as individual reality is not
that it is allowed to appear."
brought to mind the starry night,
abstraction from one mind, one night
in a world lit by fire or heaven in truth,
that which appears above and beyond us,
save when we feel the draw, the inhaled awe,
in some once shared glimpse past artifice to art
for the sake of the substance confirming spectacle.
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Note to readers asking sense from my nonsense, what we do not say but be, in free entertainment economy allows me to think of any reader asking me to explain my will to stand by my muse uses...
Debord wrote his book in 1968, in French, and never changed a word, which helped me republish "The Seed of the Dream"
"In all that has happened in the last twenty years, the most im-
portant change lies in the very continuity of the spectacle. Quite
simply, the spectacle's ********** has succeeded in raising a
whole generation moulded to its laws. The extraordinary new
conditions in which this entire generation has lived constitute a
comprehensive summary of all that, henceforth, the spectacle
will forbid; and also all that it will permit."
— Guy Debord (1988)
art for all its worth in the medium we use
... to testify, ... and hang with Van Gogh
Apr 1
Apr 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM UTC
{{The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord inspired this reflection}}
In the spectacle, within
pompous circumstances
wherein the entertained abide,
seeing our chosen side always winning
each as per
usual real-
izational transfactual exchanges,
"Indeed, it is only inasmuch
as individual reality is not
that it is allowed to appear."
brought to mind the starry night,
abstraction from one mind, one night
in a world lit by fire or heaven in truth,
that which appears above and beyond us,
save when we feel the draw, the inhaled awe,
in some once shared glimpse past artifice to art
for the sake of the substance confirming spectacle.
------------------------
Note to readers asking sense from my nonsense, what we do not say but be, in free entertainment economy allows me to think of any reader asking me to explain my will to stand by my muse uses...
Debord wrote his book in 1968, in French, and never changed a word, which helped me republish "The Seed of the Dream"
"In all that has happened in the last twenty years, the most im-
portant change lies in the very continuity of the spectacle. Quite
simply, the spectacle's ********** has succeeded in raising a
whole generation moulded to its laws. The extraordinary new
conditions in which this entire generation has lived constitute a
comprehensive summary of all that, henceforth, the spectacle
will forbid; and also all that it will permit."
— Guy Debord (1988)
art for all its worth in the medium we use
... to testify, ... and hang with Van Gogh
A curios emergency escapement
https://www.amazon.com/Seed-Dream-govern-yourselves-breathing/dp/B0GQ4FKL5Y
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