mw: sat 2,21

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永遠の今 eternal now. continuing from yesterday … words from a different language carry your thought in what seems a newer pocket– a better basket. Much like place changing. but, you are always within a now, one very long now.

what I had first thought to say was that changing a paper should be considered as ongoing. there has never been one perfect paper. flexibility has been granted, partially, with digital. Prints aren’t endpoints, they’re pause points in the process.

My pronouncements are meant for me. Upon my reflection .

As one thing comes into view… tools changing tools means making alters the maker. As I entered scanning, printing my early films, I was given poor advice by the ready to answer crowd. Those first efforts resulted in damaged film… so it goes. Many of those were favorites. Someday I may find a way to repair — reuse them.

Beware the advice given by the early hunters of the new bird. They can’t fly either.

komerebi

NB: I collect notes using a pad, often paper, backs of prints… but, write, post from a desktop. Differences in width and duration may appear as marks.

ps_- https://youtu.be/OwL3dsFBxpE

If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.’ — Sun Tzu

mw: 2,20 – Short Links

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refreshing some items. Slavich sourcing is the main. I’ve written about this before.

Longing for a past product isn’t uncommon. I do it. You do too, at least if you are over 20. What would a made up word be for such a longing? How about something like:

  • **Nar-lugal** — combining “nar” (song/memory) with “lugal” (great/ancient), suggesting a reverence for what came before, OR,
  • **Edin-nar-kalam** — “edin” (plain/eternity), “nar” (song), “kalam” (land/realm). It evokes vast, timeless realms singing through history. PERHAPS,
  • nishanwu — (ni‑shan‑wu) Chinese phonology with an added archaic syllable “wu”; means longing-for-old. AND, FINALLY
  • **Zhong-Shu**: “Zhong” (中) is a Chinese character meaning “middle” or “center,” and “Shu” (書) means “writing” or “document.” Together, it could imply a preference rooted in historical documents or traditions.

slavich paper was only occasionally produced in the ‘teens of this century. Slavich, the company make holography and photo-booth supplies, with an occasional production of silver paper.

should you wish to ask the maker…perhaps try this.

I was one of the buyers of the slavich. It was touted by the netters for being great at many things.

What it did well was age … and tone.

OR, maybe it ships and arrives, and it is useable for photos: https://www.geola.com/product/black-and-white-photo-paper/

wallace berman

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[or: dec 27, 2016] a post that never finished began:
groups. goals. the single or simple. matters of influence(s) culture or conceit

the book stack 2016
1 provoke
2 studio
3 semina culture. TU
4 in a box Wed 28th
5 emanations Th
6 challenging art Fri 30th 
7 diane arbus revelations Sa
8 flower... Su Jan 1
9 good 70s	Mon Jan 2
Seems it was a planned series of posts... much collected references, along with short impressions. Berman's Semina Culture seems to have been assigned a Tuesday date. Wonder why I never finished the set.

Wallace Berman,(February 18, 1926 – February 18, 1976 [50]. Key terms in his work: Semina, a mail art publication published between 1955 and 1964, and Aleph, his long term film making project. It runs only 6 minutes, but took him from 1958 til 1976 to make. Stan Brackhage salvaged the 8mm film with a conversion to 16mm to be shown.

He appeared in Easy Rider (1969). Berman died on his 50th birthday, a prediction from childhood. He was killed by a drunk driver.

Exhibitions:

see: refresher handmade