cans with labels
(multiplicity)
When shopping at the bodega, she
[ views cans with labels— ]
and though she's aware of her preferences, she stays mindful of the fact that a label should not be imputed as the reality of the thing itself.
(explore)
(continue multiplicity)
Sitting before towers of labels, in the dimly lit mini-mart, she is
[ instantaneously transported ]
to a group of tourists and schoolchildren roaming the Duomo in Milano.
(Duomo in Milano)
A chorus of soft swells spring forth so spontaneously from their umbilicus mouths as they wander
(amazing labyrinths of illumination—)
« their pliant bodies form the church’s interior— »
(The Story of Being Invisible)
[ exclamations exhaled ]
[no/form].
(group unison—soft—delicate)
O!
(continue multiplicity)
Spread in waves, skimming off one mass of confessing cells, to a mass of children, to the monks’
[ harmonious patterns of sound non-abiding. ]
(Space in the easterly direction is incalculable, is it not?)
(explore)
(continue multiplicity)
The
[ instability of her vibrating body ]
and the cash register
(zoom in with chorus)
[ calculate her debt. ]
(continue)
On the line
[ she breaks into smaller selves ]
(cells)
sub-divides. Online
[ she searches ]
(in cyberspace.)
(explore)
Whether born from egg or moisture, she is a sentient being, not abiding in sound, odor, taste, touch or conceptions. Her limited information filtered into consciousness as spatial-temporal morphology
[ or harmonics. ]
This is how she resonates as she reaches into her pocket to search for the change to
[ pay for labels ]
she'll take with her.
I’ll take it.
(lightning, spark, flash—sudden focus)
[ This is how her sound ]
fits into the
[ geometry of bounded systems, ]
[ into groceries. ]
This is how she subdues her thoughts.
(return to multiplicity)
Although the system is
wildly unstable
and might
break apart
at this moment,
[ this moment— ]
(she is in the Duomo—
she is online—
she is on line—
she is a praying monk,
prostrating himself before the God he adores—)
she is
transmitting sequences
presently to the Duomo that are passing
[ through the resonance of tourists ]
(she is one),
bouncing off a child
(yes, she is one)
(a vibration)
and through the monks' vocal cords,
a synchronicity of consciousness—
« [ the coins clinking, ] »
[ passing through hands, ]
« [ time, space, … »
karmic debt, labels, cans, yes, ]
(group unison—soft—delicate)
« … hearing these passages of moment, »
[ of music … ]
yes.
[ AH! ]
(explore)
for labels