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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Bowing for Stephen Dydo and Jerry Everard
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:53:35 -0400 (EDT)
Bowing for Stephen Dydo and Jerry Everard http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/803 (best) http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sdje1.mp3 http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sdje2.mp3 http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sdje3.mp3 http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sdje4.mp3 Bowing or bowing, bowing down, playing music, doubled tautness: Already I want to add something (to the essay, to the sound, to etiquette), of the object, the bow (tying the hair, playing music, positioning the body), which is an alteric object, other in any case (culture, viola case), what one might call 'that' object (in the sense that science is 'that' procedure, phenomenology, ideology), which produces, by a certain and constant swaying (ponytail, body, viola bow), a sound that seems unnatural, manufactured, elsewhere (swish, the engagement of strings, perfume), in relation to the bending body (proper position of the arm, chest, ponytail left and right!), setting up a particular rhythm (etiquette, fiddling, swaying), in engagement with etiquette (string tautness and rosin, hierarchy and context, boys and girls), these actions already so close to the dance (pocket fiddle, twist, noh), the whole a motif for the swinging of language (notes, respect, glances), mobile lexicon and phonemes (singing, giggling, foxtrot, whispers, murmurs), oh! I've lost the essay (song, return, crying, ribbons) in the beautiful movement of the bow (ship, viola music, curtseying, smiles, sashays, readings, writings, essays, assays) back and forth and playing (bowing, ponytail, viola bow, swingings, lefts and rights!, ribbons, giggles, smiles, swayings, backs and forths! ups and downs!), playings!