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October 02, 2006
RE: Video Black- The Mortality of the Image
I'm not sure what to take from the reading. It seemed like a basic summarization of all forms of art from the early middle ages to now. I do think that the comparison of the 3 stages of darkness on video to the three stages of darkness in life is pretty interesting. I certainly have experienced many nights when I'm half-conscious or half-dreaming, and it's hard to tell what is reality and whether I am alive. It happened last night, actually. Usually after events like that I lie in bed and try to stay awake for 20 minutes or so. It never works and 2 hours later I'm back to being half-conscious and very confused.
Memory, history, and collective existence are subjects too grand to be adequately described on paper. Whenever I read essays written on those subjects, they always seem to be scratching the surface of the understanding I have in my head, but without ever adequately conveying that knowledge on paper. I'm not sure if that made any sense.
Posted by Bryan Wall at October 2, 2006 10:05 AM