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I know it when I see it, but it is difficult to define.
The dictionary definition doesn't quite capture it.
Surrealism as opposed to ordinary weirdness or madness,
I suppose, is weirdness and madness that makes a point,
or exposes the hidden madness that lurks behind
supposed normalcy.
It is weirdness that is trying to challenge the reader's sense
of reality, or to bend reality itself, as you might bend a spoon
with your mind, if you are really good at it.
It ought to be weirdness that is creative and artistic,
not merely weirdness for its own sake.
Or, it ought to be a way for budding revolutionaries
to make psychological war on their oppressors.
Or, it ought to be a way of driving other people
mad, as a way to punish or reform them. A way
to instill healthy and civilized paranoia, as a psy-op
that would be worthy of spys having a war of nerves.
Or, perhaps a means for one-eyed madmen to express
prophecies inspired by forces beyond this world, for their
own personal entertainment, and for the enlightenment
of others.
"datacide" <sunship@aol.net> wrote in message news:n5qdnabBQJHbyhXd4p2dnA@lmi.net...
> I just woke up
> so what is a surrealist to you?
> Nothing?
>
> datacide wrote:
> > Surrealism is a state of mind that is translucent
> > and in flux. A scientist working in a factory not
> > doing work as a scientist day dreaming about
> > alternative realities.
> > HP Lovcrafts lucid dreaming.
> > Your dreams.
> > An underground library filled with
> > books that come alive in 3D or 4D.
> > Going outside ones given identity or role.
> > Breaking on through through the other side.
> > Magical thinking. Self actualizing a schizoid
> > break. Turning madness into art. Falling into
> > the void. Having sex on the job
> > fusing christianity with satanism.
> > moselm sex funnies.
> > Being a Hacker.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > elag wrote:
> >
> >> Thomas Keske wrote:
> >>
> >>>> There's an angry little troll
> >>>> and he's out on patrol
> >>>> and he's getting ready to rock& roll!
> >>>>
> >>>> He doesn't care about the opinion poll
> >>>> He's the troll who makes the bells toll
> >>>> He was the troll on the Grassy Knoll...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> And he's telling everybody he knows-
> >>> That's "Mr. Surrealist, SIR!", to you pal.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mr. Surrealist, meet Mr. & Mrs. No Smoking Sign.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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