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INSURRECTIONARY ALCHEMY(A small press traffic workshop, June 2014)

The Witch has something to laugh at, i !om the gloom she can see ho" utte!l# $ante

an% St& Thomas, in the '!ight light #on%e!, igno!e the t!ue (osition o things&) ** Michelet,La So!ci+!e The Witch o the Mi%%le Ages

WERTHER -E.ER

Using onl# the "o!%s/ lette!s/ mate!ials o one lette! !om The So!!o"s o Young We!the!,!emo0e all t!aces o We!the! -e0e! 1that is, cu!e the te2t o the (lagues o lo0e) an% %eath)3&

WHAT 4IN$ O- 5OEM /WOUL$ YOU MA4E OUT O- THAT6

Langston HughesJohannesburg Mines

In the 7ohannes'u!g minesThe!e a!e 89:,::: nati0es "o!;ing&

What ;in% o (oemWoul% #ou ma;e out o that6

89:,::: nati0es "o!;ing

In the 7ohannes'u!g mines&

C!eate a list o con%itions, institutions, eelings, an% mo!e that a((ea! !esistant to (oet!#& No"ma;e (oems out o ho" the# can


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the "!etche% "o!% shines, !aise% u(an% is, #es, REAL, li;e a (igeon@s callto its com(anion, anothe! (igeon out*o *sight&

MERCURY AN$ SUL-UR/ THE ASTROLO=Y O- THE EARTH

a (oem o "hat is ma%e o "hat a o

a (oem o "hat changes use% to 'e / 'ut no" is ) o! a use% to 'e a o 'ut no" is a o )

alte!natel# W!iting in the manne! o Bolano


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WHAT HA55ENS AT THE EN$ O- HISTORY, ART AN$ CULTURE6

tell&

THIS COM5OST

It g!o"s such s"eet things out o such co!!u(tions,

It tu!ns ha!mless an% stainless on its a2is, "ith such en%less successions o%iseas


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REALLY 5ER-ECT LO.ERS

Ma;e a "o!; "hich occu!s simultaneousl# at all sites at "hich "e a!e ha0ing eelings/ (e! o!ming a ecti0e la'o! / "o!; ou! ca!e "o!;

HEIST

Ma;e a "o!; o lite!atu!e that is not a "o!; o lite!atu!e an% ce!tainl# not a "o!; o a!t 'ut "hatis much mo!e inte!esting a t!ace o a c!ime&

$YSARTICULATION

ConJugate the 0e!' o ou! !e usal&

I am se%uce% '# the gestu!es "e %o not ma;e, the language "e %o not use, the act that

#ou an% I 'oth ;no" so "ell the measu!es that "e su'mit to an% that "e !eFuentl# o e!in !etu!n, although not lo0ing it, an% that e0e!# time #ou (!esent #ou!sel "ith aKcatego!#


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!ing, a "o!%, a Fue!#, a g!amma!& One O coul% 'e an e#e, anothe! a mouth, anothe! a '!uise, hal o acalculation& These sentences ma%e o O, Lisa


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