#beastcalledhorror

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here) When Lons was a child he built a city He placed each tower on the ground Ordered Measured He watched as the people climbed each building Filled it Over time the ground became uneven Over time the people created mythologies of conflict ...

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here) Today I hear the cello Today I want to hear the cello, so I hear it Today I am deaf Everything is an abstract of something past In deafness, I realise the data is received Is recorded Somewhere it is recorded and filed…

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here) There comes a scatter of small sounds A pause More A long pause Too long then to count as a pause Silence The Beast cranes his head back into the room I think to ask but dismiss it - Hm? Never mind All…

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) A wolf sits in the middle of the street Beside it stands a woman carrying a sheathed and slender sword, reversed in one hand Around them people move Some cast furtive glances at the wolf Widen their path around them The murmur of…

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) Procedure, then, is inevitable. And so much nomenclature. Three, four, perhaps five layers of dialect and syntax are instanced at once. Then there are the functions, speculation, theorisation, creation, etcetera. I came to see someone...

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) -- | - Why two? -- | -- Hm? -- | - Wait, the two doesn't mean anything. -- | - I don't think so, no. -- | -- OK that's fine then. Scrub forward Pause Examine Scrub forward Scrub forward -- |…

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) The Harpist The Beast, the Woman and the Man sit in the front row of a concert hall The stage is risen high above the floor on which the seating is located This is analogous On the stage, the Harpist sits on a…

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) One bracket passes Another perhaps Distinguishing one from another is problematic The pragmatists examine with furrowed brows to define it The futurists interpret and project The philosophers reflect, internalise, consider Externally ...

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) As preparations are made, the mechanics of their actions provokes thought Or thought provokes preparations And neither There can be only preparations Then patience The waiting Waiting to see Understanding that it can already be seen T...

(This is the most recent piece in a project that begins here.) I once drew a line that explained everything As I drew it, I became fascinated by its geometry as I drew I began to forget how it began Nevertheless I would not abandon the emerging shapes in order to revisit the beginning So…