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2012, 20th century, 6*, anatta, beauty, change, chaos, conventional reality, Dr Strange, ellipsis, emptiness, Gene Colan, life, occult, power, samsara, society, speech, Steve Englehart, time, ultimate reality, world
sequel to Dr Strange I – the trashcan tilted the better to see now the street; evincement of “[Dr Strange] … lives between the two worlds – the physical/political and the occult worlds – or rather he lives amid at the same time. He is ‘strange’ because he bridges these two worlds … I once heard David Lynch [who I think should direct the upcoming Dr Strange film] talk about how he achieves his perspectives in his work by ‘filming through the eye of a duck’ meaning that he doesn’t just film ‘lineally’ he films simultaneously/alternately – he shoots a scene/whole films which physically depict one narrative but which affectively show an alternate landscape in which they play out.” (from four-colour pulp into cinematic di[gital]pix[el][live ac]tion so easily makes for semantic palava (if you read what I mean) … the foredreading of Dr Strange); Dr Strange does not appear in this segment of the Dr Strange heptaptych, but then again, he does[n’t] … thing is, it’s strange
… things are the same again
always have
always had
the second half of the twentieth century
incorporated it
you either had it or you wanted it
either way it fed the corporation
everyone fed the corporation
by wealth by health
by belief
this is the way things are
dwelt at the very heart of the world
turning growing fiery
there comes a time
when the power and the beauty
become elliptical
to each other
to themselves
then chaos will come
you mark my words
thinks the aged Genghis high on the edge of the world
aged enough in life
to see beyond the self: there is nothing there
there is nothing there
askance from: Dr Strange #6-13 (Feb 1975-April 1976); Marvel; writer: Steve Englehart; artist: Gene Colan
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20th century wormhole: ‘like a piece of ice on a hot stove / the poem must ride on its own melting’
beauty wormhole: the utter beauty of giving when receiving
change & Dr Strange & Gene Colan & world wormhole: Dr Strange I – the trashcan tilted the better to see now the street
emptiness wormhole: rainbow
life & samsara wormhole: born again
power wormhole: Vajrapani
society wormhole: thinking wide enough
speech wormhole: letters to Mum V – carrying on in duty and love
time wormhole: poised patiently for / hours
