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  "LIVING" IT IS UNFAIR TO TEAR SOMEBODY APART WHEN HER HEALTH AND EXUBERANCE THREATEN YOU. THE HEART CAN STOP WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING NOT MEANT FOR YOUR EARS. THE CONSOLATION IS THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE TRUTH. YOU WONDER IF THE PAIN IN THE SIDE YOU GET FROM MILD EXERTION WOULD GO AWAY IF YOU WERE BEING CHASED BY SOMEONE WITH A BR...

  "LIVING"
  IT IS UNFAIR TO TEAR SOMEBODY APART
  WHEN HER HEALTH AND EXUBERANCE
  THREATEN YOU.

  THE HEART CAN STOP WHEN YOU HEAR
  SOMETHING NOT MEANT FOR YOUR EARS.
  THE CONSOLATION IS THAT
  THIS MIGHT BE THE TRUTH.

  YOU WONDER IF THE PAIN IN THE SIDE
  YOU GET FROM MILD EXERTION WOULD
  GO AWAY IF YOU WERE BEING CHASED
  BY SOMEONE WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE.

  YOU'RE HOME FREE AS SOON AS
  NO ONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND YOU.

  MANY INDIVIDUALS PRACTICE SELF-LIMITATION.
  THEY ATTEMPT LITTLE OF WHAT THEY COULD
  REALIZE INTELLECTUALLY OR PRACTICALLY.
  WHETHER THIS IS A RESULT OF OPPRESSION OR
  A NATURAL PHENOMENON IS UNCLEAR.

  SOMETIMES THE MOST DECADENT
  FIND PLEASURE IN GIVING AWAY THEIR
  PRIVILEGES AND EVEN THEIR LIVES
  SO A BALANCE IS STRUCK.

  YOU HAVE A SICK ONE ON YOUR HANDS
  WHEN YOUR AFFECTION
  IS USED TO PUNISH YOU.

  HOW CONCISE THAT YOU CAN CRY FROM
  AWFUL WOUNDS, DESERTION, HAPPINESS,
  MEMORIES, HUMILIATION,
  DISAPPOINTMENT OR GRANDEUR.

  LARGE FORTUNES CAN BE
  MADE ON SMALL ITEMS.
  ENOUGH CANDY CAN BE PARLAYED
  INTO HOUSES, FAT ANIMALS
  AND LANDSCAPING.

  PETS CAN BE CHOSEN BY
  THEIR ABILITY TO EXPRESS GREAT
  EXCITEMENT, AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE.
  REPTILES DON'T SHOW MUCH
  BUT ARE VALUED AS EXOTICA.

  A SINGLE RELATIONSHIP CAN
  POISON EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY,
  WAKING OR SLEEPING.
  WHEN THIS DRAGS ON, YOU HAVE
  TO QUESTION THE SANITY OR THE
  CRIMINALITY OF THOSE INVOLVED.

  YOUR SELF CAN SEEM TO BE IN ONE
  PART OF YOUR BODY, BEHIND THE
  RIGHT EYE RATHER THAN THE LEFT.
  IT'S BETTER NOT TO SUPPORT THIS
  SPLIT BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER
  THAT MAKES CIVIL WAR POSSIBLE.

  A FAMILIAR HILLSIDE LOOKS
  TENDER IN THE WINTER WHEN THERE
  ARE BARE TREES STICKING UP.
  THE SAME GOES FOR BODIES WITH STUBBLE
  WHEN YOU'RE SENTIMENTAL
  ABOUT A SHAVED PERSON.

  FEW CAN IGNORE A BABY'S CRIES,
  EVEN IF THE RESPONSE IS IRRITATION.
  THIS IS ONE OF THE BUILT IN SAFEGUARDS
  THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GUARANTEE
  THE SURVIVAL OF THE RACE.

  THE IMPULSE IS TO SQUEEZE AND
  FONDLE BABY WILD ANIMALS
  BUT THEN THEY'D BE BROKEN AND
  WHAT GOOD WOULD THEY BE?

  IF THE HOUSE IS BITTER COLD,
  ALL THE FLUIDS THEREIN,
  IF NOT FROZEN, ARE STIFF AND SLOW.

  IT'S WISE TO BE ON GUARD IF YOU'RE
  ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO
  ARE COMPELLED TO BE NICE TO YOU.
  YOU'RE BETTER OFF ANONYMOUS
  AND PART OF THE GROUP.

  I SAW THEIR STUNNING BODIES GO SLACK
  AND GET HAIR IN THE WRONG PLACES
  AND I VOWED I WOULD NOT PERMIT
  THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME.

  HOW GOOD TO SUPPLY THE NECESSARY
  COMFORTS, NUTRIENTS AND LESSONS
  SO THAT THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF YOUNG
  THINGS GROW TO MATURITY AND ENJOY IT.

  WITH TIME, MANUFACTURED ITEMS
  LOSE THEIR IDENTITY AND
  LOOK MORE LIKE THEIR INGREDIENTS.
  BRICKS START TO RESEMBLE PILES OF CLAY.
  THIS IS DISCOURAGING WHEN YOU THINK
  OF THE EFFORT NEEDED FOR RESTORATION
  AND ALL RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE HAPPY
  THAT THINGS GO AWAY.

  UP TO A CERTAIN AGE, MANY PEOPLE
  TAKE PLEASURE IN MARKING
  AND SCARRING THEMSELVES.
  THEN COMES A TIME WHEN THE SAME
  INDIVIDUALS START TO CONSERVE
  THEIR STRENGTH AND BEAUTY.

  IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIKE SOMEONE
  AND, WITHOUT DECLARING YOURSELF,
  DO WHAT'S POSSIBLE
  TO FURTHER HIS HAPPINESS.
  THIS CAN TAKE THE FORM OF GIFTS,
  LOVELY FOOD, PUBLICITY, OR
  ADVANCED WARNING.

  WHEN YOU'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW,
  YOU'RE TORN BETWEEN
  ANTICIPATING A DELIGHTFUL SUPRISE
  AND THINKING YOU'RE A FOOL TO
  IGNORE WHAT YOU KNOW YOU LIKE.

  SOMETIMES YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT
  TO WATCH SOMETHING GRUESOME OCCUR.
  YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF CLOSING
  YOUR EYES BECAUSE IT HAPPENS FAST
  AND ENTERS YOUR MEMORY.

  HAVING TWO OR THREE PEOPLE
  IN LOVE WITH YOU
  IS LIKE MONEY IN THE BANK.

  THE SMALLEST THING CAN MAKE
  SOMEBODY SEXUALLY UNAPPEALING.
  A MISPLACED MOLE OR A
  PARTICULAR HAIR PATTERN CAN DO IT.
  THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS,
  BUT IT'S JUST AS WELL

  YOU CAN WATCH PEOPLE ALIGN
  THEMSELVES WHEN TROUBLE IS IN THE AIR.
  SOME PREFER TO BE CLOSE TO THOSE AT
  THE TOP AND OTHERS WANT TO BE
  NEAR THOSE NEAR THE BOTTOM.
  IT'S A QUESTION OF WHO
  FRIGHTENS THEM MORE AND
  WHOM THEY WANT TO BE LIKE.

  IT'S NO FUN WATCHING PEOPLE WOUND
  THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN HOLE UP,
  NURSE THEMSELFS BACK TO HEALTH,
  AND REPEAT THE CYCLE.
  THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

  OBVIOSLY YOU STRIKE OUT
  AGAINST PEOPLE WITHIN RANGE.
  IT'S CATHARTIC TO AFFECT
  SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY.
  ALTERNATIVELY, CHOOSE
  ENEMIES IMPOSSIBLY FAR AWAY
  SO YOU NEVER HAVE TO FIGHT.

  HANDS-ON SOCIALIZATION PROMOTES
  HAPPY INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS.
  THE DESIRE FOR AND THE DEPENDENCE
  UPON FONDLING ENSURE REPEATED
  ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN CARESSES AND
  THE WILLINGNESS TO RECIPROCATE.

  THE MOUTH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
  IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLACES
  WHERE THE DRY OUTSIDE MOVES
  TOWARD THE SLIPPERY INSIDE.

  THE RICH KNIFING VICTIM CAN FLIP
  AND FEEL LIKE THE AGGRESSOR
  IF HE THINKS ABOUT PRIVILEGE.
  HE ALSO CAN FIND THE CUT
  SYMBOLIC OR PROPHETIC.

  HOW DO YOU RESIGN YOURSELF TO
  SOMETHING THAT WILL NEVER BE?
  YOU STOP WANTING THAT THING,
  YOU GO NUMB, OR YOU
  KILL THE AGENT OF DESIRE.

  I SAW THEM STRIP A MAN SO THAT
  IN A MATTER OF SECONDS HE LAY
  CURLED AND NAKED ON THE SIDEWALK.

  IF YOUR CLOTHS CATCH FIRE,
  DROP DOWN IMMEDIATELY,
  ROLL UP IN A BLANKET, COAT, OR RUG
  TO SMOTHER THE FLAMES,
  REMOVE ALL SMOLDERING CLOTHING,
  AND CALL A DOCTOR OR
  AMBULANCE.

  YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF PRECISE
  AND RAPID MOVEMENTS TO PREPARE A MEAL.
  CHOPPING, STIRRING, AND TURNING PREDOMINATE.
  AFTERWARDS, YOU STACK AND MAKE
  CIRCULAR CLEANING AND RINSING MOTIONS.
  SOME PEOPLE NEVER COOK
  BECAUSE THEY DONT LIKE IT,
  SOME NEVER COOK BECAUSE
  THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EAT.
  FOR SOME, COOKING IS A ROUTINE,
  FOR OTHERS, AN ART.

  IF YOU'RE SMART, YOU WATCH
  FOR CHANGES IN COLOR.
  THIS CAN APPLY TO SEEING THAT
  FRUIT IS RIPE OR NOTICING THE FLUSH
  THAT GOES WITH FEVER, DRUNKENNESS,
  OR FURY.

  WHEN YOU'RE ON THE VERGE
  OF DETERMINING THAT
  YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE,
  IT'S AWFUL WHEN HE SMILES
  AND HIS TEETH LOOK
  ABSOLUTELY EVEN
  AND FALSE.

  IT CAN BE STARTLING TO
  SEE SOMEONE'S BREATH,
  LET ALONE THE BREATHING OF A CROWD.
  YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT
  PEOPLE EXTEND THAT FAR

  IT IS HARD TO KNOW
  WHAT SOMEONE WANTS BECAUSE
  YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY FEEL HIS NEEDS.
  YOU DEVELOP WAYS TO READ OR
  ANTICIPATE DEMANDS OR YOU WAIT
  UNTIL YOU'RE ASSAULTED AND
  THEN HIS REQUIREMENTS
  BECOME TANGIBLE.

  YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS
  SHEDDING PARTS OF THE BODY
  AND LEAVING MOMENTOS EVERYWHERE.

  AFFLUENT COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS
  FACE THE REAL PROSPECT
  OF DOWNWARD MOBILITY.
  FEELINGS OF ENTITLEMENT CLASH WITH
  THE AWARENESS OF IMMINENT SCARCITY.
  THERE IS A RESENTMENT AT GROWING UP
  AT THE END OF AN ERA OF PLENTY
  COUPLED WITH REASSESSMENT OF
  CONVENTIONAL MEASURES OF SUCCESS

  WHEN ONE LEG IS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER
  YOU KNOW THAT THE BODY WILL WARP AND
  MANY PARTS WILL TWIST OUT OF ALLIGNMENT.
  YOU CAN HOPE THE ADJUSTMENTS
  WON'T BE CRIPPLING OR YOU CAN OPERATE
  TO MAKE THE LEGS THE SAME.

  IF SOMEONE IS WILD, PUNISHMENT WILL
  LEAVE HIM SULLEN AND WILL ONLY
  MAKE HIM WAIT FOR ANOTHER CHANCE.
  HE DOESN'T HAVE THE IDEA THAT
  UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR CAUSES PAIN AND
  MUST, AT ALL COSTS, BE AVOIDED.

  YOU SHOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES
  YOU ACT AGAINST YOUR NATURE,
  LIKE SLEEPING WITH PEOPLE YOU HATE.
  IT'S INTERESTING TO TEST YOUR
  CAPABILITIES FOR A WHILE
  BUT TOO MUCH WILL CAUSE DAMAGE.

  IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING
  WHEN PART OF YOUR BODY ARE
  TOUCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
  I'M THINKING OF THE SENSATIONS
  FROM SEX AND SURGERY.

  WHEN SOMEONE IS BREATHING ON YOU,
  YOU FEEL COOL AIR PULLED ACROSS YOUR SKIN
  FOLLOWED BY MOIST WARM AIR PUSHED
  IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
  THIS OCCURS AT REGULAR INTERVALS
  AND MAKES A PERFECT TEMPERATURE.

  WINDOWS ARE A NICE FEATURE
  BUT OFFER LITTLE SECURITY.
  WHEN YOU STAND INSIDE AT NIGHT
  YOU BECOME AWARE OF YOUR
  HIGH VISIBILITY AND YOUR COMPLETE
  BLINDNESS TO WHAT'S OUTSIDE.
  COURTESY OF THE BASIC DECENCY OF PEOPLE,
  YOU'RE OFTEN LEFT IN PEACE
  BEHIND THE GLASS.

  MORE PEOPLE WILL BE BUILDING
  HIDING PLACES IN THEIR HOMES,
  SMALL REFUGES THAT ARE UNDETECTABLE
  EXCEPT BY THE MOST SOPHISTICATED DEVICES.

  AFTER DARK IT'S A RELIEF TO SEE A GIRL
  WALKING TOWARD OR BEHIND YOU.
  THEN YOU'RE MUCH LESS LIKELY
  TO BE ASSAULTED.

  YOU LEARN, THE HARD WAY,
  TO KEEP A FINGER ON YOUR NIPPLE
  WHEN SHAVING YOUR BREAST.

  YOUR BODY REFUSES TO OBEY
  WHEN YOU'RE VERY SICK.
  THE WORST IS WHEN YOU'RE ALERT
  BUT INCAPABLE OF WILLING
  YOURSELF ERECT.

  IT'S AN ODD FEELING WHEN YOU
  TRIGGER INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR,
  LIKE NURSING, IN SOMEONE.
  IT'S FUNNY TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE
  WHILE A DIFFERENT PART OF
  THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TAKES OVER
  AND HIS EYES GET STRANGE.

  BY YOUR RESPONSE TO DANGER IT IS
  EASY TO TELL HOW YOU HAVE LIVED
  AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU.
  YOU SHOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE,
  WHETHER YOU THINK YOU DESERVE TO
  AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE
  IT'S ANY GOOD TO ACT.

  EFFIGIES LET YOU STUDY OR ACT
  UPON SOMEONE WITH IMPUNITY.
  THEY ARE GOOD FOR PRACTICE.
  A LITTLE GIRL HAD BEEN IN A COMA FOR WEEKS
  BUT SMILED AND CAME OUT OF IT WHEN
  HER FRIENDS SANG SONGS.

  IT'S SCARY WHEN VEINS ARE
  SO CLOSE TO THE SURFACE THAT
  THEY'RE VISIBLE AND EVEN PROTUBERANT.
  ACCESS IS EASY TO THE BLOOD THAT
  TRANSPORTS THE NECESSARY CHEMICALS.

  EVEN WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED
  YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE APPROACHING.
  HIS SHADOW SHOWS ON
  THE INSIDE OF YOUR EYELIDS.

  IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WITH WHOM YOU'RE
  INTIMATE AND UPON WHOM YOU DEPEND.
  FRIENDS WILL ONLY TOLERATE CERTAIN ACTIONS
  AND THIS INFLUENCES WHAT YOU BELIEVE
  TO BE POSSIBLE AND DESIRABLE.

  GIFTED CHILDREN - THOSE WITH
  AN IQ OF 125 OR ABOVE -
  ARE PRONE TO FEELING OF ALIENATION,
  FRUSTRATION, AND BOREDOM.
  THESE FEELINGS CAN CULMINATE IN
  VIOLENCE IF THE CHILDREN
  ARE NOT ENCOURAGED AND CHALLENGED.

  THERE IS A TERRIBLE PHASE WHEN
  ABUSED ANIMALS OR CHILDREN ACT POLITELY
  AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
  BY THIS STAGE, THOUGH, THEY ARE SO
  OBVIOUSLY WEAK AND UNAPPEALING
  THAT THEY GET LITTLE RESPONSE.
  IF THEY DON'T DIE THEY BECOME SAVAGE.

  IT TAKES A WHILE BEFORE YOU CAN
  STEP OVER THE INERT BODIES AND GO AHEAD
  WITH WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.

  IT'S A SAFE GAME TO PLAY
  WITH YOUR NOSE, SHUTTING OFF THE AIR
  AND LETTING IT FLOW AGAIN.
  THEN YOU CAN ESCALATE AND SEE HOW
  LONG YOU CAN LAST UNTIL YOU PASS OUT,
  YOUR HAND RELAXES, AND
  YOU BREATHE NORMALLY AGAIN.

  IT'S EASY TO FEEL BETRAYED WHEN
  YOU'RE JUST WAVING YOUR ARMS AROUND
  AND THEY COME CRASHING DOWN ON
  A SHARP OBJECT.

  JUST ONE ROTTEN SPOT IN YOUR HEAD
  CAN MAKE EVERY MOVEMENT PAINFUL.
  YOU CAN'T ROLL YOUR EYES, BEND DOWN,
  OR JUMP AND LAND WITH IMPUNITY.
  EVEN THINKING HURTS.

  LITTLE QUEENIE
  ANY NUMBER OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS
  LIE FACE DOWN ON THE BED AND
  WORK ON ENERGY, HOUSING, LABOR,
  JUSTICE, EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION,
  AGRICULTURE, AND BALANCE OF TRADE.

  THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR
  THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG
  BUT YOU CONTINUE.
  SOMETIMES THERE IS A
  LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME
  BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.

  MORE THAN ONCE I'VE AWAKENED WITH
  TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS.
  I HAVE HAD TO THINK WHETHER
  I WAS CRYING OR WHETHER IT
  IS INVOLUNTARY, LIKE DROOLING.

  THERE IS PLEASURE IN STAYING HOME
  TO ADJUST EACH PHYSICAL DETAIL SO THAT
  WHEREVER THE EYE FALLS, THERE IS HARMONY.
  THEN YOU GO OUTSIDE AND DO THE SAME.

  SOME DAYS YOU WAKE AND
  IMMEDIATELY START TO WORRY.
  NOTHING IN PARTICULAR IS WRONG,
  IT'S JUST THE SUSPICION THAT
  FORCES ARE ALIGNING QUIETLY
  AND THERE WILL BE TROUBLE.

  SOMEONE WANTS TO CUT A HOLE IN YOU
  AND FUCK YOU THROUGH IT, BUDDY.

  IF THINGS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
  YOU WOULD DIGEST YOURSELF
  THROUGH A CUT IN YOUR MOUTH.
  IT'S A RELIEF TO KNOW THERE ARE
  PROVISIONS AGAINST THIS.

  THE FOND OLD COUPLE WAS
  DISAPPEARING TOGETHER THROUGH
  SUCCESSIVE AMPUTATIONS.

  SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE VOICES
  OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE.
  THE SOUNDS ARE UNNATURALLY LOW
  AND HOARSE AS IF THE COLD AND
  DAMPNESS HAVE ENTERED THE THROAT.

  THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE SCARRED
  AND THE SKIN IS PULLED AROUND,
  LIKE THE NAVEL OR THE
  HEAD OF THE PENIS,
  THAT LEAVE YOU THINKING
  THAT THE BODY IS FRAGILE.

  IN A PARADISIAC CLIMATE EVERYTHING
  IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE WHEN YOU ARE
  PERFORMING BASIC ACTS
  NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL.

  IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF
  THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
  AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP
  AND GETTING BITS STUCK
  IN THEIR NOSES.

  THERE'S NO REASON TO SLEEP
  CURLED UP AND BENT.
  IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE,
  IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU, AND IT
  DOESN'T PROTECT YOU FROM DANGER.
  IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT AN ATTACK
  YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE
  OR SLEEP LIGHTLY WITH
  LIMBS UNFURLED FOR ACTION.

  THERE'S THE SENSATION OF
  A LOT OF FLESH WHEN EVERY
  SINGLE HAIR STANDS UP.
  THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU
  ARE COLD AND NAKED,
  AROUSED, OR SIMPLY TERRIFIED.

  MANY DOGS RUN WILD IN THE CITY.
  SOME ARE ABANDONED BY THEIR OWNERS
  AND OTHERS ARE BORN TO LOST DOGS.
  STRAYS HAVE A LIMITED LIFE EXPECTANCY
  EVEN WHEN THEY BAND TOGETHER IN PACKS.
  THEY ARE PREY TO DISEASE, PARASITES,
  WEATHER AND AUTOMOBILES.
  THEY TEND TO BE FRIGHTENED AND VICIOUS.
  THEY ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
  OR ANYONE ELSE.

  WITH SOPHISTICATED RECORD KEEPING
  IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROVE THAT
  YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG,
  AND INCORRECT INFORMATION
  CAN BE STORED AND SPREAD.
  IN BOTH CASES YOU HAVE LESS OF A
  CHANCE TO SAY THERE WAS A MISTAKE.

  HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT POSITION
  TO LIE DOWN WITH PEOPLE
  OR EVEN ANIMALS?
  OFTEN ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS
  SMOTHERED OR CONTORTED.
  WHEN DONE PROPERLY, THOUGH,
  EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

  SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO NIBBLE ON
  THE INSIDES OF THEIR OWN CHEEKS.
  IV'E SEEN AN OTHERWISE LOVELY GIRL
  CONTORT HER FACE TO REACH A FAVORITE SPOT.
  THERE ARE BIT LINES WHERE REPEATED NIPS
  HAVE BUILT RIDGES OF SCAR TISSUE.

  TUNNELING IS GOOD FOR TRANSPORTATION,
  CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT, AND THE DUAL
  PROSPECT OF SAFETY AND SUFFOCATION.

  USUALLY YOU COME AWAY WITH STUFF
  ON YOU WHEN YOU'VE BEEN IN THEIR
  THOUGHTS OR BODIES.

  WHAT A SHOCK WHEN THEY TELL YOU
  IT WON'T HURT AND YOU ALMOST
  TURN INSIDE OUT WHEN THEY BEGIN.

  WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SOMEPLACE FOR A WHILE
  YOU ACQUIRE THE ABILITY
  TO BE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE.
  THIS LETS YOU OPERATE WITH
  A MINIMUM OF INTERFERENCE.

  WITH BLEEDING INSIDE THE HEAD
  THERE IS A METALLIC TASTE AT
  THE BACK OF THE THROAT.

  IF YOU WERE A GOOD CHILD
  WITH FAIR PARENTS, YOU WOULD FREEZE IN YOUR TRACKS,
  GO LIMP, AND TAKE A DESERVED BEATING.
  A HOLDOVER FROM THIS MIGHT HAVE YOU
  SUBMIT TO REAL DANGER,
  BELIEVING THAT SOMEONE IS
  APPORTIONING JUST PUNISHMENT AND
  THINKING THEY WILL STOP SHORT OF KILLING YOU.

  WITHOUT WARNING YOUNG ADULTS
  CAN HEMORRHAGE AND DIE.
  ANEURYSMS--WEAK BALLOON-LIKE
  SECTIONS OF ARTERIES--ARE THE CAUSE.
  IF THE BALLOON BREAKS,
  UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING OCCURS.
  A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
  ANEURYSM IS FOUND IN THE HEAD.

  YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF ENTER
  SOMEWHERE FRIGHTENING IF YOU
  BELIEVE YOU'LL PROFIT FROM IT.
  THE NATURAL RESPONCE IS TO
  FLEE BUT YOU DON'T ACT
  THAT WAY ANYMORE.

  EXERCISE BREAKS AT STRATEGIC POINTS
  DURING THE DAY ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY
  AND PROVIDE SIMULTANEOUS SENSATIONS
  OF RELIEF AND REJUVENATION.

  YOU CAN WASH YOUR FACE
  UNTIL THE SKIN PULLS AND
  ITS PRESSURE ON YOUR FACE IS
  A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT YOU ARE ALIVE.
  THIS IS A MILDER PRACTICE THAN
  SMASHING YOUR HEAD AND CAN BE HELPFUL
  IN THAT IT KEEPS YOU SENSITIVE.

  IF YOU WISH TO LIVE ANONYMOUSLY,
  SUCCESS IS CONTINGENT ON FORGOING
  THE MANY BENEFITS ATTACHED TO
  IDENTIFICATION, AND YOU MUST NEVER BE
  SCRUTINIZED OR CAPTURED.

  PEOPLE LIKE TO BREED ANIMALS.
  DEVELOPING AND THEN REPLICATIONG NEW TRAITS
  IS VERY PLEASING. THE FEAR AND THE ATTRACTION
  IS THAT THE PROCESS IS
  UNCONTROLLABLE.

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• ArtistHolzer, Jenny
• Title(tekst fra "Living" på bord)
• IdentifierKORO.004896
• Creation date2002
• Materials and techniquesSandblåst tekst på sort granitt
• Type Fineart

• Indexing termIntegrert kunst
• Subject

  Verket består av et piknikkbord med tekster fra «Living» (1980-82), og inngår i utsmykkingen som ellers omfatter 12 utendørs benker og 1 innendørs benk i vrimlehallen. De skal fungere både som et møbel og en forlengelse av den arkitektoniske ramme for campus, samtidig som de er et medium for kunstnerens tekster.

  I relasjonen mellom granittbordets anonymitet og tekstene som trer frem blir installasjonen mer enn kun en innredning på den ene siden og ideer på den andre. Sammen skaper de poesi. Det uttrykksbærende element i installasjonen er kontrasten mellom tekstenes særegne intensitet som dannes i møte med den kalde sorte granitten. Det er nesten umulig å stadfeste hvor kunstverket begynner og hvor det slutter.

• BruksstedNorge Vest-Agder Kristiansand Universitetet i Agder Gimlemoen, 4630 Kristiansand S
• TitleNOR(tekst fra "Living" på bord)original
• DesignationInstallasjon
• Precise designation
  • Møbel
  • Stein
• Catalog levelEnkeltverk

• Dimensions value
  • Høyde76.0 cm (Hovedmål)
  • Bredde481.0 cm (Hovedmål)
  • Dybde120.0 cm (Hovedmål)
• MaterialsGranitt
• TechniquesSandblåst