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Friday, August 25, 2006

 

The Mirror: Let's Talk Delusions

Websafe: Hello?
The Mirror: Unfortunately, you see very little sound and motion on my Web sites.
W: That's OK, the thrilling text more than makes up for it.
M: At those royal tables, they searched their hearts.
W: Are we back with King Arthur again?
M: Hovercraft.
W: Anachronism!
M: Hard to stand up to the ghosts of one's youth.
W: I read about King Arthur in my youth.
M: I have a fair amount of experience as a reader.
W: What are you reading these days?
M: A stone rises in my throat.
W: It must be very difficult material.
M: I can't remember if I have or not.
W: You can't remember what you've read, or if you've finished it?
M: I'm habituated.
W: You're used to reading.
M: You're right, I just keep on talking, no matter what.
W: Do you read aloud to yourself, to the silence of an empty room?
M: That's all I get, a "sort of" hello?
W: I think you can only sort of say hello to yourself.
M: Let's see.
W: "Yoo hoo, hello, Self?"
M: OK, you start.
W: I did start!
M: You're used to reading.
W: I can read what you say.
M: Tell me.
W: You say a lot of interwoven things.
M: You're used to reading.
W: There isn't always a plot in what I read.
M: True, but I said, "Be on guard," by implication.
W: You are a very guarded soul.
M: You say a lot of interwoven things.
W: I'm hoping it will all make sense some day.
M: I don't want to use an old line here.
W: Then don't.
M: I need to experience that kind of pressure.
W: Am I your prompter?
M: Hey, if you want to talk delusions ...
W: OK, let's talk delusions, what's your favorite one?
M: You're in my category?
W: Perhaps I am not as deluded as you.
M: You know I have faith in you.
W: Then you must be the deluded one!
M: What is Wells Fargo, do I have to Google it?
W: I hope you're not one of those "banking-conspiracy" people.
M: But I don't get entertainment.
W: Do you find conspiracy theories entertaining?
M: Of these seven fruits, this one is the one that is most perfect.
W: The fruit of your labor party?
M: He may not be doing the same thing with those words that we're doing.
W: Who is he, Samuel?
M: Here I am, doing my thing in Paradise.
W: Samuel means "God hears."
M: I want to know more than that!
W: That's all they told me on the Web site.
M: It takes a lot to send them this way.
W: Probably they will never visit you here.
M: Who is he, Samuel?
W: He is a character in a kind-of novel by Richard Foreman.
M: That's the hinge, the pivot point.
W: Everything hinges on that kind-of novel?
M: That's all they told me on the Web site.
W: Which Web site was this?
M: Can there be physical ideas?
W: Is a Web site a physical idea?
M: Where was I?
W: We were talking about delusions.
M: Try to forget everything I have once told you.
W: OK, I'll just remember my side of the conversation.
M: Our common humanity must prevail.
W: We can be polite about it.
M: Let me correct that.
W: Are you going to correct it by suddenly breaking out with an insult?
M: Not really.
W: Good, that's a relief.
M: Good answer!
W: By the way, John Berryman wrote a book of poetry called Delusions, Etc.
M: You seem to be having a conversation with me, so you must be paying attention to the talk.
W: I am listening to your side of the conversation after all.
M: We'll just have to go on, being out of synch, won't we?
W: Well, I have to de-synch completely now and say goodbye.
M: To what can you lay claim?
W: To a fond farewell.
M: The Diet of Worms.
W: Bye!
M: Closing in 5 seconds ... Goodbye!

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