he didnt like to refute someone who was
deadwho couldnt refute him
however
safety in numbers
the score 1 – 0
one alive nil dead
harsh
though confoundingly correct
Walter Benjamin
he
wrote in Theses on the Philosophy of History
The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when
it can be recognized WRONG wrong pops like paparazzi shooting glammedup fish-in-a-barrel
celebrities dressed for an evening out bedazzling on the Red Carpet WARNING:
His myriadpast contains flashing
light/bright/strobe lights that may trigger a seizure if he had epilepsy – doesnt. Viewer
discretion is advised.
and is never seen again.
Never
doesnt inhabit his lexicon
occasionally not ever
he witnesses
his past his memories via cinematic replays
he summonsesem
plays seesem
againanagain an again
Benjamin
sorrowfully committed suicideoverdosing
on morphine or was murdered by Stalin agents
coin toss
scoreboard above may come into play yet
again
his point
given Benjamins preoccupation the era a Jew in Germany the rise of
Nazism
understandably
he contemplated mortality
however to render his past memories to flashes in a pan disappeared
forever
only when the projector dies
do memories disappear forever
2026, Sunday,
13 7. 25
1559, Monday,
14 7. 25
No comments:
Post a Comment