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yes..i do have it...

i've mentioned it to you before in a conversation we had


on Duncan.
Philip introduced me to it..and it is *heavy* as it gets...brilliant on so many
levels...
beyond its fascinating content, it also helps put in perspective what a rich
nexus of aesthetic activity that Duncan and Jess represented in the west
coast art and poetry
scene (you may recall that ra!hage lived in their basement as a !ind of
"house boy"
when he first moved out there#. $ou might also recall that Duncan was at
lac! %ountain during the height of its best activity..(when &lson headed
up the 'nglish program#.
delighted to hear that there are other previously unavailable wor!s that will
be coming out soon as part of this series.
i'm glad to see you developing an interest in Duncan...loo!ing forward
to having
a conversation with you at some point as you wor! through the (D text.
)here were to be savage reactions from a fearful, uncomprehending and irrational
aboriginal population. *urthermore, bac! in his own homeland, there were other
existing fiefdoms and petit+rulers, arbiters and protectors of previous more dimly
considered psychological paradigms, which were suspicious of *reud's
unprecedented "rational" method to map the interior of this new continent.
(is scientific curiosity and appetite to establish a new method of communication
with
and understanding of the deni,ens of this world would drive him with the same
colonialist
,eal of -olumbus in his arrival to the .mericas. /i!e -olumbus, *reud was
indifferent to the protestations and resistances of the inhabitants to his determined
explorations and mappings of these interior states . .s a prospective con0ueror and
civili,ing agent of these unreflected and dangerous energies, *reud was on a
mission for the 1ingdom of 2eason, with a deeply conceived and revolutionary
pro3ect to bring the hidden psychic elements of the new world solidly under a new
lens of discernment. (is goal was to create and inculcate into his followers, a
method by which the wildest border areas of the liminal pre+conscious might be
coaxed into self+awareness. (e would achieve this by using a radical method of
observing the memories, dreams and spontaneous linguistic turns of phrase
produced by his patients during their sessions.
")here were to be savage reactions from a fearful, uncomprehending and irrational
aboriginal population. *urthermore, bac! in his own homeland, there were other
existing fiefdoms and petit+rulers, arbiters and protectors of previous more dimly
considered psychological paradigms, which were suspicious of *reud's
unprecedented "rational" method to map the interior of this new continent.
(is scientific curiosity and appetite to establish a new method of communication
with
and understanding of the deni,ens of this world would drive him with the same
colonialist
,eal of -olumbus in his arrival to the .mericas. /i!e -olumbus, *reud was
indifferent to the protestations and resistances of the inhabitants to his determined
explorations and mappings of these interior states . .s a prospective con0ueror and
civili,ing agent of these unreflected and dangerous energies, *reud was on a
mission for the 1ingdom of 2eason, with a deeply conceived and revolutionary
pro3ect to bring the hidden psychic elements of the new world solidly under a new
lens of discernment. (is goal was to create and inculcate into his followers, a
method by which the wildest border areas of the liminal pre+conscious might be
coaxed into self+awareness. (e would achieve this by using a radical method of
observing the memories, dreams and spontaneous linguistic turns of phrase
produced by his patients during their sessions."
yes....as to /ash...had 3ust discovered recently that site...it's very good...
it was part of the catalyst to send you those fragments... impetus to return elements
of our future conversations bac! to pound and forward to what it might mean to be
a troubadour today...by means &ther than the (literal# song.
matthew gives the worms eye view and doesnt pander to the publics pre3udices as
a way to ma!e his bread and butter. (e has an unheard of 0uality for
an art 'Doyen' or in his case art nurd, a sense of humour.

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