On speaking in fine parables

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"It is not style or rhymes or a new image more or less that imports, but sanity.... When life is true to the poles of nature, the streams of truth will roll through us in song.... In good society, nay, among the angels in heaven, is not everything spoken in fine parable, and not so servilely as it befell to the sense?... The solid men complain that the idealist leaves out the fundamental facts; the voodler complains that the solid men leave out the sky. To every plant there are two powers; one shoots down as rootlet, and one upward as tree. You must have eyes of science to see in the seed its nodes; you must have the vivacity of the poet to perceive in the thought its futurities."

With autumn lurking in front of the lens, Sam Renseiw captured some lonely out-door chairs, waiting for winter. View a short excerpt of the statics of life's candor by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 517, 02'23'', 14.3MB, Quicktime/mov - direct streaming for Pc at blip.tv)

Today's - short - Bonus Lumiere video features the appearance of street cleaning .(Lum # 46: street cleaning, 3MB, 00'29'', quicktime/mov) More Lumieres: click here

On chairs and hot-dogs

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" It seemed a logical progression to spend the next dozen years in the theatrical avant-garde staging the dramas of Samuel Beckett. Then, I realized that large cruise ships docked behind the stage and hot dog vendors were everywhere. That's when I turned from the theater to voodling ..."

Just enjoying the preparation of a quiet Danish (French) hot-dog, Sam Renseiw speculated for a moment on the absurdity of hot-dog swallowing contests, while recording the event, almost Lumiere fashion. View the ritual by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 448b, 00'45'', 3.5Mb, Quicktime/mov - Streaming Flash version at blip.tv)
Today's Bonus Lumiere video is about the Zen of chairing. Click here to be seated. (Lum # 13, 00'58'', 3.8MB, Quicktime/mov)