[19 November 2023]: "Primitive Hypertext" — "the marvelous arithmetic of distance"; deus ex machine; quantum poetics; "quieting down and tuning in"; turiya
"the marvelous arithmetic of distance": “There is a timbre of voice/that comes from not being heard/and knowing you are not ; deus ex machine; quantum poetics; "quieting down and tuning in"; turiya
Bismillah. We begin everything with the name of Allah. We say Bismillah to initiate an act to acknowledge the intention and the ethics we carry with all that follows Bismillah.
This is part of the newsletter's “Primitive Hypertext” (Octavia Estelle Butler) strand.
An annotated list of five things I’ve read/seen/heard and want to share. [weekly: every Sunday]
Read more about the changes in the newsletter rhythm here.
Hiya!
I only missed last week because I was out of town without a charger, but I am back and ready! This week is a fun assortment. Also, tomorrow (November 20, 1-3 pm), I am hosting a workshop called WAYWARD SENTENCES with If, Then: Technology and Poetics at John Hopkins University. Sign up here.
Stay tuned for a studio update email on Tuesday!
Audre Lorde "Echoes" - Last reading in Berlin 1992
The poem (“Echoes”) that she is reading is from her 1993 collection, The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems: 1987-1992. “There is a timbre of voice/that comes from not being heard/and knowing you are not being/heard noticed only”
Egginton, William. “Quantum poetics How Borges and Heisenberg converged on the notion that language both enables and interferes with our grasp of reality.” Aeon. September 14, 2023.
Turiya And Ramakrishna, Alice Coltrane
Thank you for reading,
Kameelah 👽
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