"The Road of Excess Leads to the Palace of Wisdom." —William Blake
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GIANT
Date: 2009
New Glue book "Giant" features poetry by Benjamin John Smith and the art work of {THS} in a collaboration of sleaze, smut and, above all things, honesty. Details: Gluebook, 21 x 25,5 x 2 cm, mixed media (adhesive tape, spray paint, oil/color sticks, acrylic, paper, color and black & white prints on kid's book), 24 pages, handmade, signed, unique piece . . .
"To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen, who play with their boats at sea-'cruising,' it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about. 'I’ve always wanted to sail the South Seas, but I can’t afford it.' What these men can’t afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of 'security.' And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the routine of routine – and before we know it our lives are gone. What does a man need – really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in – and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That’s all – in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?" Sterling Hayden, Wanderer, 1963
Mike Daily performed "Mr. Viced Honest: These are the Facts" in memory of gagaku poet Steve Richmond (1941-2009) with Reuben Nisenfeld kabuki improv on October 31, 2009, at Ash Street Saloon for the club's 15th Year Anniversary Halloween Party in Portland, OR. Filmed by Whitney Woolf. R.i.P. Steven Andrew Richmond.
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