Duet

thinking about what matters .. Ursula

two pictures their meaning between them. meant for audience of one.

“A poem should not mean / But be.” MacLeish, Ars Poetica.

I stumble around, sometimes ,in the right direction the time comes along

2013, on the road. matching place overtime . The word, single word, “duet” suggests combination; some form of two. Standing still with soft eyes; my phrase from the 60s days, based upon the equestrian sense of riding a horse. Ride it with soft hands or hard. Different results, but then horses and terrain are different. If you can’t notice, don’t ride; you will choose wrong. At the SFAI, I talked about prints on the wall — variations in style of walking-looking. Be aware of your presence. You have a shadow; you aren’t one.

geometries or time . make the ‘or’ an ‘and’ ; geometries AND time. exposure and revealing .

The act of noticing. Action. la vie d’intérieur

Picking phrases that pick at me. One such: ‘they could calculate the exact mix of randomness and chaos..’

God moves the player and he, the piece.
What god behind God originates the scheme
Of dust and time and dream and agony? Borges (“The Game of Chess”)

[words proof diagram ]FOL, an abstract language.

flaneur / umsucht … The world is the collection of facts, not of things. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Each is a half-open door …

not Iq84 ish… not two worlds-times in same space-place.. at least not that i knew before shuttering

An indirect reference item:
“Gabriela Alemán has written a terrible and beautiful story about the delicate borders between what is known and what is invented, and about the places where intimate tragedy and the tragedies of history intersect.”—Yuri Herrera, author of Signs Preceding the End of the World

Is there any hope for the world? No, there’s too much work

PICTURE POSTs are additions to portfolio items. This is part of my 180s open-ended folios.

Own Up. w0rd stuff

Language adjuncts. Crutches for smaller thoughts. Add this. Pad that.
stuffers and fillers for your ‘own’ meanderings. when your ideas are flat , you have to stuff them… aka, Word-Flab. thought fillers.

A new hyphenate; an invisible hyphen has grown from the script writers. “My” has become “my own,” rather my-own” The hyphen is invisible, unsaid.

drama not information ;a table thump . a diversion like a sigh .

“my own” is so common [2025] there shouln’t be a space ‘tween ’em. Like this : myown OR possibly my’wn, m’own … Try ’em out.

“my own…” is a form of shadow brag. And, it’s like, well, you know, kinda sorta a format for crutched concepts. See?

if the meaning stands without it, what does it mean? Found among the casual [still currently points at TypePad] {redund}

the rise of the 'own' word.
A bumper crop of bumper words .
Words between . in attempt to clarify your inclusion. your noun.
The obsessive possessive case
padding, stuff9ng the sentence. upping the word count

salesman sidetone . canter banter filling empty conversation with empty headed phrases

desperate individuality .. an example of the origin, long form of OWN useage : ...'add to it with my own.' o w n period.
  • top: add to her own dog pack
  • redundancy is automatic: ..’share my own experience and advice..’ strike the own
  • almost every webshop: “MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM” alt: make a // ‘you’ to the point.
  • ‘ have to own their own computer’ …AI bites self
  • ..’developed its own algorithm that..’ [ padded phrases; 2025’s kinda sorta hmm ya’know phase]
  • ..’ parse their own XML..’ [spills into IRS source code ..] 2025
  • ..’describes her own approach.. ‘ [ bookform inflates the phrase ]
  • …’ then me own dad..’ [british pop tv character. low brow ]
  • On the other hand: …’ dead at own address..’
  • ‘tried making my own pinhole’ — alt: tried making a pinhole
  • ‘in his own right’
  • …’ described my own thought process..’ [chatgp3 .. he has been trained by you to pad his answer ]
  • ‘… void in my own limited reference materials regarding her own specific techniques…’ [person prone to exaggeration, and re-use of tales]
  • ..’My own view..’ [educated debate… try without the ‘own’ did you lose meaning]
  • ..’ your own good ..’ [cartoon movie ] alt: not for my good … weep, but your [redundant] o w n good.. cue drama light
  • ..’ its own museums and the..’ [what other word ? “its museums” seems complete. maybe ‘own’ is clearer than “its other museums” What is the opposite of o w n ? [ oct,25]
  • ..’through his own gallery’ [is it clearer]
  • ..’oedipus would kill his own father ..’ [ drama amplification ]salt in the script.
  • ..’my own DSLR..’ [australian: not a stolen, rented,borrowed camera]
  • ..’my own survey of’ [stike own; what is lost]
  • ..’insecure about their own standing’ [read withou o w n — what happens?]
  • … in review: ‘and her own personal story’
  • .. ‘living his own life..’ British TV script. adds/ emphasizes ? separation & … ‘ your own endeavors ..’
  • …’retelling their own story in a way that…’ [british literary pub]
  • … ‘save my own job,’
  • …’ popular in his own lifetime…’ [britain bookseller]
  • … anger news : ‘in her own bedroom’
  • … ‘my own flesh and blood’
  • [ britishit — ‘her own daughter’ — putting on posh ]
  • …’sending his own soldiers out’ [ not really his]
  • … ‘he fed Alpo to his own dogs’   ad sincerity
  • … ‘my own dear dog’  — makes dear bigger?  [comparative-superlative]
  • ..’ shoot her own husband..’ [ her ? husband ] dramatic clarity from brit TV
  • ..’ with my own.. ‘ [instead of mine ]
  • .. ‘my own digital light sources’ — owner built
  • ..’brew my own ..’ [instead of mine ]
  • … ‘into their own pockets ‘ 
  • ..’ provide your own card ”
  • .. ‘on its own mission and a clear violation of its own honor ‘ [ religion site ]
  • …”our own packaging and final finishing for our film…” [packaging vs film ]
  • ..’ finding our own voices in a world’ [children’s book
  • ..’ his own, not his character voice’
  • ..’AI is writing its own blog’ –[
  • … ‘making my own’ — not for sale / use of others
  • .. ‘attend his own graduation.’
  • … ‘my own behalf’
  • …’ his own century..’ [philosopher]
  • …’Trump’s own deep skepticism’
  • ..’ took his own life ‘ [ news ]
  • …  ‘look at them with my own eyes’  [double vision in words]power padding
  • … ‘his own website ‘[ the social puss]
  • … ‘their own expertise ‘
  • … ‘building my own…’ [clarity; ]
  • …’ his own killer …’ british fast food crime show… emphasis without effort
  • ..’my own understanding..’ alt: my VERY understanding ..
  • … ‘Trump’s own attendance’
  • ..’ your own Eigen setup’
  • OpenAI’s own web-search ‘ [what does o.w.n clarify]
  • ..’ RAH hisownself doing ‘ [ as oneword .. off grok etymology
  • ..’include their own plot digitizer features. ..’ [AI gemini has learned to over-verbalize ] ED: include digitizer features.. to a point. 11,15 ’25

ALT:… textiles she created herself.

ALT.. EMPHASIS FORM …’ spent too much time actually making photographs

ALT — another flavor: universities themselves to put up a more muscular response. The faculty

ALT– emphasising DIY ‘ness

— judge and Vietnam veteran himself

— Michael Milken himself made a speech

— claimed it as their own

— ‘his only daughter’

Even the blurbs overflow: “… Other Reasons Why I Write opens a window on Messud’s own life: a peripatetic upbringing; a warm, complicated family; and, throughout it all, her devotion to art and literature….”

Collections arrive without a name.

We don’t read a word after it becomes a weed. How many times do you see ‘THE’

otiose: used to describe a word or phrase, or sometimes an idea, that is unnecessary or has been used several times: