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A #DadaistTranslation of a passage from the book. 🥴
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#Absurdist #Dadaist #Dadaism

Once a young woman came to a rock cave. His hippie was flourishing, and dark hair surrounds his face with plenty of curls.

“Dad,” he said, “My soul will fanne for happiness. I am young and I know that there is a great happiness for me. But It constantly escapes me, and life is poor and poor. I I see my happiness far away and I know if I could achieve It, it would all become different. The poor life would become great, It's rich and wonderful. Father, I have prayed to the Holy Virgin, to Him, who is a woman to listen to my desire for heart, but He won't do it. And now my longing is so great that it consumes My power. Father, what shall I do to achieve happiness?”

The sheriff replied: “What seems to you is happiness can be achieved It is only that you or someone else wrong. But What is overcome with wrongness cannot be achieved, thankfully. Therefore your You must give up what you have for happiness.”

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@VeroniqueB99
I recently read about how over half of the American population is at Level 1 Literacy (Grade 6 or lower). Together with how low the population is in some States, Trump and American political outcomes makes lots of sense in a dark #Absurdist way.😖 As a retired Canadian teacher (English, Developmental Literacy, Media Literacy, & Special Ed), I am struck with pity, despair, and anger. #America is being barely held together with spit and baling wire. Just how is it still standing? :bd25:

#Literacy #LiteracyLevels #LiteracyRates #LiteracyMatters #AmericanLiteracy #Reading #ReadingLevels #AmericanPolitics #AmericanPopulation

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APM Research LabReading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research LabAbout 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.

#Asemic #Postcards from Fractured Futures ~ Past Perfect Paradoxicals

Today, I saw this tree withering the eyes of an eagle – flippantly flesh-flora forelock for the first time. Ornithology shows that old trees exist in the present tense – tinsel tonsil tingles tangle pantheistical propagandist’s purloined paranormal mythopoeic mackerel. In the early days of democracy, democracy was weakened by nationalism – the upper floors looked clean and modern as an albatross’ labyrinth and banana toupee. Historically, this was driven by religious differences and oranges.

m̻̚̚ḙ̚̚d᷾̚̚e͚̚̚n͐̚̚ȉ̚̚y͊̚̚e̘̚̚t͉̚̚ s̍̚̚ı̰̚̚ȑ̚̚ b̶̚̚a̚̚ͅğ᷅̚̚ḷ̚̚ı̂̚̚ q͖̚̚a͉̚̚r̋̚̚t͊̚̚a̅̚̚l͌̚̚ L̼͎ͤe̼᷆͘ y̼͍ͬi̼͇ͩl̼͒̎ y̫̼̘á̧̼̌a͎̼͝n̼̠ͣa̤̼͒l̼̇̌ i͓̼̰n̼̉̐f̷̼᷃a̼̐ͬn̤̼ͫt̜̼͂i͉̼̩l̼̱͟ õ̼̮ǒ̼̚k̲̼͑ô̼᷄l̷͙̼ m͏̼̹e̢̺̼d͉̼ͭi̼ͤ̽o̱̼̣s̼̆̃ j̼̑́u̩̼̗m̗̼̉p̞̼ͤ’͖̼̯é̼ͨͅě̼̱l̼̦̆ l͔̼͙e̫̼͂ ȍ̼͋c̲̼ͣë̼́ͣs͎̼͏ l̼͘͞ȩ̖̼ i̼̹͠c̼͊̌ẖ̼᷀í̼᷿l̺̼̰ m̼ͯ̾á͓̼̔a̼̓͡n̼ͤ͞ ẹ̼ͪs̬̼̰c̼᷀͏á̼͛̄n̼̓᷉d̼͕́a̼̹ͩl᷿̼̍o᷿̼ͫ p̭̼̰r̼̀ͤo̼̅ͨm̗̼̔e̼᷉ͬd̡̼̟ì̺̼o̼͒͐.̼᷉͢ ó̼͟͡o̪̼͜l̶̼͒a̼͉͢l̺̼̘ m̳̼̓ạ̼́̓a̼̘᷅n̼̲̈́ ë̼́̄s̤̼ͫc̼ͧ̚á̼̠̐n̼̂̉d͚̼͋á̼̳l̵̮̼o̼᷅͝ ứ̼ ÿ̙̼é̼ͣͥe̼͆̏t̼̼᷄e̲̼͊l̖̼̃ j̼͖̈ū͕̼m̼͗͠p̼ͮ̑’̼̩͞é̼̽᷈e̸̼᷉l̼͋̐ u̙̼̥

#AsemicPostcard #AsemicArt #AsemicWriting #Collage #Dada #DeconstructedText #CollageArt #Absurdist #DigitalArt #Art #ProsePoem #GlitchedText #ProsePoetry #AlternativeReality #SpeculativePoetry #Februllage2025 #Scanography
#Dadaist #Dadaism

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Asemic Tarot · Asemic Postcards from Fractured Futures ~ Past Perfect ParadoxicalsToday, I saw this tree withering the eyes of an eagle – flippantly flesh-flora forelock for the first time. Ornithology shows that old trees exist in the present tense – tinsel tonsil t…

#Asemic #Postcards from Fractured Futures ~ Past Perfect Particles

~in the fleshy mezzotint wombs limited several stimuli boils silent, makes scattered screameries, belted tragicomic hands déjà vu, rot inner owls, people these thinner spiritual things are found broken, people allow themselves flatulence, radicals regroup past prologues proletariat~ď͍͍h͍̰͍é͍͍̿a͍̩͍l͍͍᷇’͍͍̓o͍͖͍l͍̞͍ oink oil parsume legit~k͍̮͍o͍͍̽r͍͍᷀n͍͍᷅s͍͍͝s͍͍͟m͍̠͍͍͜ a͍͍͡ ~ in the open world, snowy, bastje ^’~ 6^~ď͍͍h͍̰͍é͍͍̿a͍̩͍n͍͍᷅s͍͍͝s͍͍͟m͍̠͍͍͜ a͍͍͡ Л͍҈͍о͍͍҆с͍҈͍н͍͍҃ s͍͍᷀e͍̮͍ l͍̤͍j͍͇͍e͍͈͍p͍̲͍o͍͍᷀t͍͍͛i͍̜͍?͍͍͢ K͍̺͍o͍͍͜i͍̬͍j͍͍̏ c͍᷿͍e͍͈͍n͍̤͍ā͍͍ д͍͍҇и͍͍҄а͍͍҇г͍͍҆р͍͍҄а͍͍҃м͍҈͍м͍҉͍а͍͍҄с͍͍҇н͍͍҇ д͍҉͍и͍͍҅а͍͍҃с͍͍҅н͍҈͍ s͍͍ͤm͍͈͍e͍͍᷁q͍̼͍n͍͍̿ũ͍͍î͍͍t͍͍̋s͍̩͍ q͍͍ͭn͍͏͍o͍͍̎y͍̦͍ m͍͍᷇e͍͍͞k͍͍͢o͍̼͍i͍͍ͭs͍͍͟ȃ͍͍n͍̤͍t͍͍ͯe͍̟͍i͍͍͘o͍͓͍i͍͍ͭs̛͍͍ȃ͍͍n͍͍̉j͍͍ͭi͍̫͍a͍̩͍g͍͍̓a͍͍̓n͍͍͝j͍͍ͤe͍᷊͍ c͍͍͊e͍͍᷃t͍᷿͍ l͍͍᷇’͍͍̓o͍͖͍l͍̞͍k͍̮͍o͍͍̽r͍͍᷀ r͍̳͍/~^e~ to be or knot too beans

#AsemicPostcard #AsemicArt #AsemicWriting #Collage #Dada #DeconstructedText #CollageArt #Absurdist #DigitalArt #Art #ProsePoem #GlitchedText #ProsePoetry #AlternativeReality #SpeculativePoetry #Februllage2025 #Scanography
#Dadaist #Dadaism
asemictarot.wordpress.com/2025

Asemic Tarot · Asemic Postcards from Fractured Futures ~ Past Perfect Particles~in the fleshy mezzotint wombs limited several stimuli boils silent, makes scattered screameries, belted tragicomic hands déjà vu, rot inner owls, people these thinner spiritual things are found br…
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“When strangers call me Ivor it’s like getting a French kiss from a public relations consultant”

Ivor should get the last word: in this TV special from 1998, directed by Ewan Morrison for STV’s weekly arts programme Don’t Look Down, Ivor Cutler interviews himself…

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“Cutler had a lighter, quieter, sparser approach to the weird, macabre and illogical than the majority of surrealists. The darkness is transmuted into mischief and the savagery into play. There is melancholy in some of the poems, even despair, but it tends to be counterbalanced by the charm and daftness.”

—Rhys Hughes on the sublime daftness of Ivor Cutler

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Borderless · Never Knowingly Understood : The Sublime Daftness of Ivor CutlerIvor Cutler: Courtesy: Creative Commons Ivor Cutler (1923-2006) was the daftest of the daft poets, and this is meant as the most sincere of compliments, because to entertain listeners and readers w…
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“Cutler performed on the opening night of BBC Two, recorded more John Peel sessions than any other act except The Fall, played Buster Bloodvessel in The Beatles’ A Magical Mystery Tour and was, according to Peel, the first performer to appear on Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4.”

—Bruce Lindsay answers ten questions on his biography of Ivor Cutler

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theartsdesk.com · 10 Questions for Bruce Lindsay, biographer of Ivor CutlerIvor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room by Bruce Lindsay, is the first full-length biography of the Glasgow-born poet, author, performer and songwriter. The book will be published on the centenary of Cutler’s birth, 15 January 2023. 

“I have a harmonium and it’s going to explode in two minutes”

Ivor Cutler (1923–2006) – poet, humorist, absurdist, musician – was born #OTD, 15 Jan. A 🎂 🧵

In 2013, to mark what would have been his 90th birthday, BBC Radio 4 celebrated his life & career:

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BBCBBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Ivor Cutler at 90A celebration of the 90th anniversary of poet, humourist and absurdist Ivor Cutler.