22.01.24
9:02am
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥
𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞
𝐎𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬
𝐍𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐭
𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫
—𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧
𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲... 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲.—
𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚
—-𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭...... 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫! 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬!—-
—-𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞
𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧—
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫
𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭
𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝-𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭.
𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞.
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22.01.24
9:49am
Clifton Hill
Reading
Rosalind
Krauss’ ‘Grids’
Essay - 1979
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03.10.23
11:31am
Southbank
Ive been reading about desire death drive repetition eros thanatos collecting images of rock circles ancient ones in the Scottish highlands cairns the spirit circles you happen upon in zelda where link has to find the missing rock and complete the circle to get a korok seed that time a few weeks back where I found a perfect circle of broken glass at sunrise on bell st with no other witnesses except my iPhone XR been reading a lot we got taught how to use Zotero so I’ve been downloading stuff to bulk up my library sometimes its easier to read then to do excess interiority desire somewhere in my reading I came across the term desire paths tracing desire lines how we follow desire lines how these are never rational ones defiance circling I typed into google chrome the term desire lines and came across an article in the guardian titled desire paths the illicit trails that defy urban planners Richard Long’s line made by walking why do I always circle back to the land artists I thought I had moved on the death drive defies capitalism it is the inherently unproductive circling down the drain that Townes Van Zandt lyric but follow the circle down where would you be.
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