to a new year toute bonté de coeur

gaston bachelard, 1961.

VO:  First of all, because he is all goodness of heart and all smiles,
         and also because he resembles the kind of philosopher 
        we dreamed of when we were children.  

Interviewer:  First of all, tell me, do you call yourself "Master"?

GB: Do I what?

Interviewer:  Would you like to be called "Master"?

GB:  No, not at all, not at all, not at. . . never, never!  No, my name is 
Gaston Bachelard, Bachelard, that's all, oh no no no, not, NOT "Professor,"
no, no, no kidding, no no no, that's enough!  I'm a man absolutely. . . 
free. . . no, everyone calls me Bachelard.

READING FOR COMPREHENSION:
Wayne Koestenbaum's "Notes on Glaze"

Instructions: Read the essay carefully, then answer the following questions.

According to Wayne Koestenbaum, art is
a. a means to an end
b. a call to arms
c. spreadable
d. confusing
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

According to Wayne Koestenbaum, dreams are
a. real
b. novelizations
c. chicken feed
d. enjambed
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

The writer's sensations take place
a. inside his body
b. outside his body
c. in the lake
d. in Paris
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

4. The writer is
a. a glazed entity
b. a red wheelbarrow
c. a photograph
d. Jeanne Moreau
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

Prose
a. cooperates with posing's regime
b. knows where the red wagon is heading
c. acknowledges Emily Dickinson
d. shoots marbles
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

The relation between cloud and hayfield is
a. seditious
b. outré
c. syllogistic
d. irrelevant
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

Cloud leads to hayfield via
a. sicilian oranges
b. a waterslide
c. Hades
d. Jeanne Moreau
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

Avital Ronell has a starring role in
a. Gone with the Wind
b. The Lost Boys
c. The French Connection
d. Frozen
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

The real essay
a. ripples
b. is immobile
c. gambols
d. makes jam
e. all of the above
f. none of the above

for coco semoller

especially for suzanne

in lieu of my attendance at the 4-H club, let's have a story!

sending love and prayers to my dear friend dan - bodhisattva, mench - breathing a sigh of relief after hearing his voice here.  please send him imaginary lovenotes and healing vibes.  he'll receive them without difficulty.