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• 1969 :: poem for everyone
• no-
  tes
  for a
  random
  reader.
  interrela-
  tions of
  words. re-
  ducing our lan-
  guage material
  to semantic signs
  free associations
  give new ideas. free-
  ing language from
  everyday meanings means
  liberation through means
  of language. // to change
  language in a changing
  world. a language which re-
  stricts thinking to conven-
  tions is no longer applicable.
  so a few will use language, not
  only as a game, not only because
  of a formalistic need to experi-
  ment, but using it according to ba-
  koenin because "the wish to destroy
  is at the same time a creative wish".
  // can we say tyhat our society is in
  good order? is it not rather a complexui
  ty of mostly un- or badly coordinated sub-
  orders at cross-purposes, hardly touching
  each other (in the clearest of cases), which
  are completely arbitrary and exist historical-
  ly a-synchronically? komplexity, it might be bet-
  ter to aim at a flexible multi-form society, which
  because of inevitable partial information will al-
  ways try for relative positions, rather than to think
  in terms of order. // chance, wonderful word to disco-
  ver. // a word, a phrase are like a skin.they are the
  wrapping with which we indicate more than we really
  know. a word would be a speculation towards reality, if
  we didn't use it according to agreement. a word is an a-
  greement as to meaning and correlation. language is one of
  our possibilities to have a grip on reality. words, language
  participate in this reality. breaking off the agreement means
  changing reality, in other words participating by working with
  it. the changing of a part of reality is taking it for what it
  is worth - real - ity - realness - each realness brings change. eve-
  ry change brings realness. // constructive thinking cannot use con-
  formism because this is a limitation undermining independence and
  reducing the possibility of independence and reducing the possibility
  of added value. // when talking about language a vocabulary is used that
  is excellent for other means of communication as for instance a figure.
  // psychologically we need means to identification corresponding to our
  way of life and present environment. especially for art this is a question
  of experiment and integration to find this means and use them. // one point
  is decisive for the space around itself, give tension to it. // meaning and
  truth are not connected a priori. // why should it use as criterium for work a
  unity of an image because formulating, finding a given form is so important for
  me? an a-form is also a form and certainly a formulation.// it is often thought
  that rationalism can only be used in connection with commerce and sometimes scien-
  ce. this is a concept which divides culture and places art outside active life. // to
  stay young we need only follow the avant garde. they represent grosso modo the thoughts
  of our time in its changes and dynamics. the problem is knowing what the avant-garde is
  knowing what the avant-garde is at a given moment.     herman de vries
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