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Carry On Up the Block_Chain

1/31/2018

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Hi James, as the other groups are now well 'off the blocks' the coast is clear for us to continue. I have a set of words which came from a stream of consciousness writing exercise about existence. Feel free to play, break and respond, or take things in another direction. 

pen / paper / apostrophes misplaced or otherwise / punctuation and its abusers / trains and their trajectory  / clothes and their removal / sun and rain / clouds and mayhem / rain and window / squeaking doors / ominous signs / footsteps across a floor / floor show / late announcements / customer information / hunger drive / love intentionally / longing for more / wonder what / way to go / chance of an uplift / songs of innocence / music of the masses / smiles hiding terror / happiness and majesty / birds and their haunts / animals and their diets / pets as transition objects  / fruit machines / chocolate source / food of the gods / beer as comfort food / alcohol resistance / drink me / glass ceiling / windows on the world / glances from a stranger on a train / grass snake / trees in pots / hills and valleys / fields of wheat / farming today / industry and creativity  / money to burn / words on a page / language of the street / poetry in the mix / literature review / inquiry with malign intent / science fiction / ideas welcome / absolute zero / algebra zebra / fashion house / theology of creativity / religion that builds bridges / politics that build futures / imagination for a better world / imitation as flattery / recording birdsong / art and text / sea creatures.

islands in the sun / soil sample / land banking / unfathomable distances / space between / planets out of alignment / stars of stage and screen / dust jackets / insects as superfood / trace elements / life of Brian / sex industry / joy / me / you alone / people fleeing the city / cities as ecological systems / room at the inn / silk road / fabric as moment / dancing in the street / elements of dissent / philosophy of art / purpose of learning / being yourself / source material / objective lens / death by a thousand cuts / cause to wonder / effect and affect / time pieces / delight the senses / fear of failure / hate and loathing / Daily Mail / suspicion of strangers / touch not / vision impairment / intricate design / mind over matter / thought experiment / intelligence of crowds / beginning to grow / end of an era / Holocaust denial / progress to the next level / disappointment is a weapon / aspiration feeds the system / Bananas to all this / Woman of mystery / Cry like a baby / Quarter sessions / Satisfaction guaranteed / necessity engine / worries and fears / doubt and certainty / heaven for everyone / hell of a time / fishing rights / running for your life / petting zoo / horseplay at the seaside / play as coping mechanism / colour the picture / light of my life / texture for traction / laws of physics / laws of thermodynamics.

sleep deprivation / Glastonbury Tor / there ain't no sanity clause / mortgage slave / good way to behave  / evil on my mind / right of way / wrong direction / up town / down town / Night at the opera / Holy Bible / Hendrix smash hits / Picasso fingers / Nietzsche on speed / myth take / story and metaphor / history of art / guesswork and speculation / cheating at cards / looking at birds / illusions and delusions / Bach and Kraftwerk / conception detection  / Blues is the truth / Déjà Vu / No fun / surprises in the afternoon / use of lower case letters / regrets and little egrets / war torn / famine victim / chuggers on the high street / Tottenham Hotspur / Jimmy Greaves / hidden patterns in nature / meaning and inference / attraction of opposites / chemistry brothers / male is the weaker / female of the species / plumbing problems / communication breakdown / misunderstanding your own writing / friendship substitute / rivalry in the rat race / theatre of the absurd / comic timing / point blank / education as a human right / improvement plan / Funkadelic taking it to the stage / faith hope and charity / beauty in diversity / parallel universe / multiverse formation / mathematics as poetry / marriage vows / family life / no place like home / dictatorial regimes / prison sentence / freedom marches / distress and dismay.

euphoria granted / dustmen moonlighting / enormous feeling of wellbeing / terror suspect / surrender your weapons / empire of protection / setting-sun / Fellowship of the Ring / magick minstrels / self aggrandisement / other elements / relativity making the case / water-lilies in the duck pond / night of the round table / day one / future of the planet / random acts of kindness / hugs as currency / blind panic / Subterranean Homesick Blues / ice cap melting / parking an idea / evolution of a concept / single-cell organisms / sweat bands / atoms in parallel / sub-atomic particles / quantum mechanics / Bakerloo Line / Boot and Flogger / Monty Python / heroic failures / Charge of the Light Brigade / lullaby on death row / revolution deflected / law of Moses / Plato and his cave / democracy as the least worst system of government / pork scratchings in the Star Tavern / Queen Mother Reservoir / Father Ted / guilt by association / precautionary principle / global warming / gold in the stone / greed is not good / inequality kills people / slaughter of the innocents / rolling downland / short-cropped grass / skylarks on the wing.
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problem child / trouble brewing / sympathy in short supply / qualms and misgivings / mysticism and misdirection / conjecture about motivation / painstaking research / fantasy fiction / journeys to other dimensions/ decompression chambers / exploration of ideas / Freddie Mercury / coming home in time for tea /  No Particular Place to Go / numbers on the door / rainbows and waterfalls / fire in the hole / air in the tubes / Gibson Les Paul / Leica lenses / alibis coming unstuck / Glossy Ibises / self-control / revision timetables / new year resolutions / thinking outside the box / 1966 World Cup Final / Wild Horses / Song of Wandering Aengus / new arrivals / departures from the scene / angels in raincoats / rain forest clearances / Amélie takes decisive action / cancer takes a holiday / peace someday / Steinway pianos / electricity in the air  / gas in the tank / nuclear weapons / logos on togas / British Library / Foyles bookshop / illuminated manuscripts / pyramids  with preservative properties / Swan Lake / seed drill / Jethro Tull / diving bells / butterflies and wheels / discovery channel / Joshua Tree / Ayers Rock / Dreamtime in the meantime / ancestors aren't what they used to be / Syd Barrett singing Here I Go / thing on the green / Nothing to declare. 

1 Comment
James
2/8/2018 05:05:15 pm

Hi Peter,

I enjoyed being on the other side of this excise and noticing some of your recurring themes and thoughts - space seems to be am partuclaur interest of yours. Looking forward to your new text based on my reactions.

James

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