NO PAST IS GREATER THAN THE "PRESENT" - THE EYE CLOSES, THE EAR OPENS IN ORDER TO HEAR THE FATHERS WORD - LOOK IT UP OR SAY WHAT COMES TO MIND - "the child died on june 19, 1923" - AND NOW HERE WE ARE IN ATHENS STANDING ON THE ACROPOLIS - RETURN TO THE sender - MASTERPIECES OF NATURE THAT "ART" DARED TO "IMITATE" / CHRIST HAS BECOME THE "HIGHEST" POINT OF OUR "VISION" - IT IS REINSCRIBED DISPLACED AFTER THE FACT BY OTHER EVENTS AND IN OTHER WORDS REWRITTEN »JACK GOLDSTEIN« OUT OF DATE SLIGHTLY - RETURN HOME TO ITSELF - OUR SIGHT HAS BECOME AESTHETIC - READ BETWEEN THE LINES - UNCERTAIN IN A WORLD OF ACCURATE MEASURING DEVICES - IT MOVES IN ORDER TO BREATH - SUPPOSE A BLIND MAN.... - THE EAR NOT AS GOOD UNITED WITH THE EYE - SPONTANEOUS PROVOCATIONS - IT IS USELESS TO ANSWER HIM DIRECTLY, HE CAN ONLY RECEIVE WHAT WE SAY IF IT IS 'DEFERRED' - THE DISEASE CALLED 'MAN' / WE ARE NOT ANIMALS........... - this is perfect the ancient greek root for 'measurement' / HER EYE NO LONGER MEASURED EARTHLY DISTANCES »APHORISMS« OUR WRITING AND OUR READING ARE STILL DETERMINED BY THE MOVEMENT OR THE HAND - GRAVITY / THE EAR ; WITHOUT THOUGHT AND OVERT COUNT / ONE HAS ONLY TO SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE - THAT VOICE WHO KNOWS HERSELF WHEN SHE SINGS TO BE NO LONGER THE VOICE OF ANY ONE - HE IS SIMPLY "HIMSELF" EVEN WHEN HE ACCEPTS THE AID OF OTHERS IN BEING HIMSELF - WHAT I SEEK IN THE "WORD" IS THE RESPONSE OF THE "OTHER" - ONE • TO • ONE - ejaculation - THE ANTARCTIC AND TO NEVER SEE GREEN - TO MOVE THE WORLD BY SIMPLY MOVING THE TONGUE - THE FATHERS PRESENCE THAT ALLOWS THE SON TO SPEAK - infinite a ridiculous little - opacity - I GLANCED INTO THE MIRROR AND WHAT I SAW THERE WAS ENOUGH TO SEND ONE OUT OF ONES MIND - the back of the head is to be seen by others - favoring the 'voice' over 'writing' - "IMITATIONS" DESIRE FOR "PRESENCE" - EYES OF dreamers - USING HIS MIRROR-IMAGE HE DISCOVERS HOW TO MAKE HIMSELF DISAPPEAR - NOT BELIEVING MY EYES I CALLED MY FATHER - THE DESIRE FOR CERTAINTY LED DESCARTES TO DOUBT - "The sun sinks into the sea" - THEY WANT TO TAKE ME AWAY TO THE SAME PLACE / WHERE SOMEONE ELSE HAS BEEN TAKEN - THE "OBJECTS" ARE CONSTRUCTED SIMPLY TO BE "THERE" - HE HAS NO "HAND" IN THE EFFECT THAT IT "PRODUCES" - DECOMPOSED FLESH / SECRET PRIVILEGE'S - THE CHILD DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK - PLATO HIMSELF WAS ENVIOUS OF HOMER AND EURIPEDES - WHEN MOTHER AND SON ARGUE OVER THE FATHERS VALUES - I WAS BORN ON 21 OF MAY IN A VILLAGE NEAR CHELABINSK' - THE BODY IS UNABLE TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST REJECTION - THE 'SHORT STORY' - PORTRAITS OF 'GREAT MEN AND WOMEN' - HE ASKS FOR MERCY BY TELLING HIS NAME - IT IS NOW THAT I AM NOTHING THAT I AM MADE TO BE A MAN - UNDER MY HAND - THEY WANT TO IMPOSE THEIR LIP ON THE ENTIRE WORLD - 'i cannot forgive descartes' - several years ago i had a dream that was more like a cartoon - THATS THE RAIN I COULD BE RAIN - WE RETURN TO OUR EVERY DAY EXPERIENCE - WITH WHAT EYE DOES THE MOTHER SEE HER CHILD - HARD AND CLEAR - THE CONSTANT INFLUX OF OTHER PEOPLES IDEAS MUST CERTAINLY STOP AND STIFLE OUR OWN - CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PILATE - THE SOLITARY PERSON FINDS THAT HIS OWN VOICE IS A VACILLITING THING - IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES SHE THINKS THAT ALL MEN ARE AFTER HER - WOMAN DOES NOT EXIST - TO NAME THE WORLD PRIOR TO NAMING ONESELF - A ROVING SOUL IN SEARCH OF A BODY - shadowing - WISDOM IS SHARPER THAN DEATH - heaven CHRIST god - FABLED problem - UTTERED IN A COMA - THE VOICE HE HEARS DOES NOT QUESTION HIM - imitable - A SINGLE WORD / A SINGLE VOICE / A SINGLE ACCENT - SAYING IS IN NEED OF BEING VOICED IN THE WORD - THE BOOK DISSAPEARS IN THE THEATRICALITY IT CREATES - I LONG TO FLY TO SWIM TO BARK TO SHOUT TO HOWL - dialectical TRICKS - the FUTURE IS NOT A SINGLE PATH - TODAYS TIME DATES FROM A LONG TIME AGO - up, down, the stairway, thresholds, foyers, with landings - THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED AT 9 A.M. - THE SPIN OF THE TOP / direction is an upward - THE REAL IS SOMETHING WE PROCEED TO MAKE - A NEW VISUAL CULTURE WHICH WILL GIVE US BACK OUR BODIES AND PARTICULARLY OUR FACES - 'EXISTENCE' IS STILL DEFINED AS 'THINKING' - HE FINDS ONE DAY AND ONE HOUR EXACTLY LIKE ANOTHER - THE 'WHOLE' WORLD JUMPS - i think so - WE TALK IN ORDER TO CONVINCE OTHER PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH US - HIS EMOTIONS CAN ONLY BE GRASPED IN MOMENTS OF EXCESS - the father and a son - what exists by what does not yet exist - A FIXED UNSATISFACTION AND AN APPEAL TO SOMETHING ELSE - ALL NEUROSIS IS VANITY - "ONLY TO LIVE AND REMAIN IDLE' - WARS ARE FOUGHT FOR WORDS - CRINGING BEFORE MYSTERY - The last thing a fish would discover is "water" - I WILL NOT DIE--YOU WILL SEE - NOT PRONOUNCED ILL BEFORE DEATH / IN FRONT OF THE JOURNEY - THE CHILD AT AN AGE WHEN ITS SHORT / IT IS YOUR FATHER WHO SPEAKS TO YOU - IT IS WRITTEN IN LATIN AS IT IS PRONOUNCED IN GERMAN - ALL AT ONCE - THE 'WE' IS NEVER PRESENTED FULL-FACE - IF WE ARE NOT AT THE CENTER THEN NO MATTER IN WHICH DIRECTION WE LOOK THINGS WILL BE ROUGHLY THE SAME - 'moi' / WHAT IS THE NAME FOR AN 'AUTHOR' - MISERABLE HOPE TRANSPORTED BY THE WIND' - WE KNOW A FACE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO TELL BY WHAT PARTICULARS WE COME TO RECOGNIZE IT "BY" - i imagine the sky itself slipping turning and lost - HE HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUGH NOT TO BE TAKEN IN - "striking ·A· POSE" - SIGNATURES CAN ALWAYS BE FAKED - THE SENTENCE BREAKS OFF WHERE THE HUMAN VOICE BEGINS - THE SUN SEEMS TO WITHDRAW DURING ITS ECLIPSE - KING OEDIPUS MURDERED HIS FATHER LATIUS AND MARRIED HIS MOTHER - DON'T TOUCH ME - HIS USE OF 'ENGLISH' IS A DEAD LANGUAGE MUCH LIKE "LATIN" - CERTAIN TYPES OF THINKING THAT VEGETATE IN A PSYCHIC BACKWATER - GREEK TRANSLATION IS PERCEPTIBLE - cries and groans are 'simple' sounds - it is so to speak / IN A 'BORROWED DWELLING' - HE SOFTLY RUBBED HIS HANDS TOGETHER WHEN TOUCHING DELICATE THINGS - LINES, PLANES, SOLIDS OF GEOMETRY ARE COPIES - WHEN THE "IMAGE" IS NEW, THE "WORLD" IS NEW - POST HUMOUS PUBLICATION - THE "TEXT" IS AN OBSTICLE TO THE PURE SOUND OF "VOICE" - MEMORY ALWAYS NEEDS "SIGNS' TO RECALL THE NON-PRESENT - ONCE IDEA OF CHINA - ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS - "JESUS CHRIST" - THE END OF THE WORLD IS ONLY A DESCRIPTION - AS IF A PRAYER WERE ANSWERED IN THE DYING HANDS - WHAT WE REMEMBER IS WHAT WE NOTICE - REALITY REMAINS A SURFACE - abbreviations - anchors - IMAGINE WHAT A BOMB MUST LOOK LIKE WHEN IT GOES OFF - 'the world is not intelligible without writing - THUS THE FRIENDS FACE LOOKS INTO THE FACE OF THE STRANGER - NOT EVEN THE NATURAL WORLD - hesitate - THE BLIND MOUTH SPEAKS ABOUT OWN BLINDNESS - NOT KNOWING WHAT COUNTRY HE CAME FROM UNTIL SPOKEN - SPEECH WAS GIVEN TO MAN TO HIDE HIS THOUGHTS - RAISING THE HAND TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING - 'an eloquent voice at the end of the line' - four TIMES - IMAGINE WHAT A BOMB MUST LOOK LIKE WHEN IT GOES OFF - THE WORLD IS NOT INTELLIGIBLE WITHOUT "WRITING" - THE FRIENDS FACE LOOKS INTO THE FACE OF THE STRANGER - subtitles - WORDS ONLY SO MANY MARKS ON A PAGE - the word makes the thing into a thing - THE STRANGER IS THE ONE WHO IS APART - INAUGURAL BREAK - TO SEE THE WORLD IN THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE - DEAD BUT WITH STABLE PLACEMENT OF BODY - HEARING IS A REPLY - MISSING IN ACTION - FOUL FROM HEAD TO FOOT - HE NOT ONLY SAW THE 'OBJECT' THE WAY IT WAS, HE PRESENTED IT AS IT WAS - LOOKS TO EVERY WORD WONDERING IF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HIM - POETRY OF THE PAST BELONGS TO ITS TIME - THE REAL FEMALE GENITALS ARE UNKNOWN - each word found the echo that was its cause - THEN WHERE THE WATER HAD BEEN FLOWING THERE APPEARED A SMALL FLAME - BUT IT SECRETES ITS OWN MILIEU IN WHICH DISTANCES BECOME LOST - SO TO DO WITHOUT REFERENCES TO CUT IT SHORT - A WORLD OF SMELLS - ANY NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY WAS ALWAYS AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OTHER NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES - if the south wind blows every day of the year - costumes and sets for opera's - WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD AND COULD'NT READ I CLAIMED THAT I COULD - BECOMING AWARE OF 'OURSELVES' INDEPENDENT OF OUR DAILY 'CONCERNS' - NEW MYSTERY ASKS FOR EXPLANATION ONLY AS LONG AS IT IS - his face has been painted into a thick chalky horror - he was a man who had lost his shadow, free from all impediments..... - THE HOUR IS DIVIDED INTO SIXTY MINUTES - PURE COINCIDENCE - MEN HOPED THAT THE NUMBER OF IDEAS IN THEIR HEADS COULD BE BROUGHT INTO EXACT CORRESPONDANCE WITH THE NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE WORLD - THE WANTS OF 'HIM' WHO WANTS 'NOTHING' - IT CHALLENGED OEDIPUS TO QUESTION WHERE HE HAD COME FROM - what we see partially involves an account of how we publicly or outwardly 'BEHAVE' - BUT THIS VAGUE UNDERSTANDING OF 'WHO I AM' IS STILL A 'FACT' - JUMPING OVER HIS SHADOW - THE SPELL CAST BY PERSONS - As the child does not know how to be cured / let him KNOW HOW TO BE ILL - LIKE HUNGER, OR THIRST, OR SLEEP T'IS AN AFFAIR NEITHER GOOD OR BAD - THE 'EARTH' IS STILL THE ONLY AREA OF 'SELF-PERPETUATION' - I AM POSITIVE I WAS - what is 'good' is what belongs to me, what is 'bad' is what belongs to the 'others' - THE SIMPLE AND APALLING ACT OF 'TAKING HIS OWN LIFE' - HUMAN CHARACTERS TRANSFORMED INTO ANIMALS OR OBJECTS AND BACK AGAIN - A JOKE THAT FALLS FLAT - INSIDE THE MIND OF AN INFINITE MAN WHO BUILDS CITIES OUT OF THE 'MILKY MAY' - IDENTITY THEORY - THINK OF MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OR THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT ABOUT WHICH WE SHALL NEVER KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT - 'ONCE I RETURNED FROM HAPPY SAIL' - THE PLANET SUN THAT CAN'T BE LOOKED AT IN THE FACE - LIKE THE "WORD", THE "IDEA" WANTS TO BE "HEARD" - ONE WONDERS WHETHER THE "AUTHOR" OR THE "READER" HIMSELF IS "MAD" - TO THINK ABOUT THEM MEANS TO TALK WITH THEM OTHERWISE THEY BECOME MERE THINGS AND CLOSE UP - SHE IS PRAYING HER DEAD CHILD TO RETURN AND BE BORN A SECOND TIME FROM HER BODY - "I CAN READ DEAD AUTHORS BECAUSE THEIR WORKS ARE REPEATABLE" - HE HEARD HIS HEART BEAT IN HIS EARS - CEREBRAL PALSEY
»Jack Goldstein Aphorisms 1988« produced by Heiko Hoos and Philip Pocock, 2006. Click HERE to inquire/aquire a DVD. Limited Edition. Click HERE to see DVD. Running Time: variable, approx. 2:30 hours.