#62

Didier Super is funny, he’s a caracter, and a great one :smiley:

#63

so i’ve read that kanye west had promised to release the life of pablo on tidal only. someone felt betrayed and sue him, because he revised his work and then release the life of pablo on other platforms.

revision and betrayal.

it leads me to Penelope and Melantho (yes Homer’s Odissey). Penelope promised to marry one of the suitors after she finished a shroud for her step-father. so she weaved at day and revised her work at night. a trick to delay her pledge. but Melantho (who is the beloved maid of Penelope) betrayed Penelope by telling the trick to the suitors. work is done, she needs to marry one of the suitors.

this ancient story (all kind of ancient story) is a way to describe inner life. the characters and their relationship is a way to describe the structure of the inner life, how it is shaped and how it evolves. (today we would prefer to talk about molecules, hormones, map of the brain, metabolisms, process, electricity, etc.).
anyway, this story could be an answer (among many others) to the question [quote=“tehn, post:1, topic:1980”]
who decides when something is done?
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#64

The story about Penelope drives home a painful and annoyingly resilient truth: the arbitrary deadline decides when something is done! :stuck_out_tongue:

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#65

bill cunningham is inspiring…
http://annekata.com/2012/02/money-is-the-cheapest-thing/

it takes our whole lives, everything we have done/learned/internalized up to the point of creativity…
if we make something we are proud of, we can say it was 'worth it,
as an artist, or a farmer growing food out of the ground.
all the other stuff is extra, and to some degree, not within our control

tehn,
I found this artwork to be very inspiring, how long did it take you to make it?

how can we discount the life you’d lived up to that point,
…art/music education, actualization, creation of the monome/apps to be able to make
the music/art of that moment :slight_smile:
peace and thanks, -evan

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#66

a little OT: this is the piece that made me fall in love with monome.

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#67

i miss threads like this

currently rereading

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#70

Old thread but @infovore comment helped me remember a reference I love about the word software.

There was a magazine in the 1970s called Radical Software. It was about video art. The idea was you could record a moving image on tape play it back and use the same tape for a different recording in the future.

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