•     Today we break free from the shackles of prose as we reflect upon the infrequency of Weak in Reveiw updates, and also ponder the role of Weak in Review as a medium of expression.  We will be using a highly-disciplined, Far Eastern form of verse known as Bonsai, in which the final shape of the written words should resemble a small tree or piece of shubbery:

  • Weeks Weeks Weeks
    Words Words Words
    Weeks without Words

    Beaks Beaks Beaks
    Birds Birds Birds
    Beaks without Birds

    A beak
    A bird
    A geek
    A word
    Watsoncrombie.

    For those interested in a live performance, I plan to use a black Sharpie to draw small, angular frames onto the lenses of my lab safety glasses and hold readings at both Henry's Bistro and The Internationalist Book Shop.  If you come, bring your air of superiority along with several packs of cigarettes (preferably clove) with which to pollute that air.  Once I become practiced at enunciating each word as if I have never seen it before, I hope to be invited to perform on NPR.

  •    In the interest of blowing as few minds as possible with the profundity of my art (I don't want you the audience to freeze up and crash like a bunch of Macintoshes), I would like to invite readers to take a short nap before viewing the second and final piece of art.  Readers should not continue if experiencing headache, dizziness, confusion, disorientation, or difficulty urinating.  Readers currently under the influence consiousness-enhancing drugs should proceed only with the aid of constrictive headwear and/or aviator-style sunglasses.
           I plan to add a small white sticker with "-$85" scribbled on it in pencil to this piece and hang it on the wall at Pepper's Pizza next time I eat there.
     

    Archive:
    Weak in Review 04/01/01
    Weak in Review 11/03/00
    Weak in Review 08/23/00
    Weak in Review 08/03/00
    Weak in Review 06/06/00
    Weak in Review 05/24/00
    Weak in Review 04/22/00
    Weak in Review 04/09/00
    Weak in Review 03/20/00
    Weak in Review 02/07/00
    Weak in Review 01/06/00
    Weak in Review 12/20/99
    Weak in Review 12/1/99
    Weak in Review 11/4/99
    Weak in Review 10/18/99
    Weak in Review 10/05/99
    Weak in Review 9/07/99
    Weak in Review 8/03/99
    Weak in Review 7/26/99
    Weak in Review 7/12/99
    Weak in Review 7/05/99
    Weak in Review 6/20/99
    Weak in Review 6/02/99
    Weak in Review 5/19/99
     
     


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