The Ludic Frame:
Because it is a good game:
Got Rules,
a substantial part of which may be
learning them as I play— ooops, oooh,
damnit-- superseding or reformatting,
a substantial part of which may be
learning them as I play— ooops, oooh,
damnit-- superseding or reformatting,
reconfiguring the
explicit, common-
sense we all know and love: admonishing
each other,shaking a finger, warning,
conspire to uphold. Ludic. In play.
sense we all know and love: admonishing
each other,shaking a finger, warning,
conspire to uphold. Ludic. In play.
Liberal Art Converse Action.
“What unlike things must
meet
and mate” (Melville)
The practice
of dialectic can’t even
begin until
some one gets hurt. Not
your sticks
& stones hurt, bells
& whistles border
violations. Home land Insecurity
incursion. Handsacross the I’ll. An
enemy as good as a Buddha and
you got to lovem or forget about it.
violations. Home land Insecurity
incursion. Handsacross the I’ll. An
enemy as good as a Buddha and
you got to lovem or forget about it.
Liberal Art II Not for liberals. No
liberals need apply.
Conservatives
neither—holding on,
holding on to
what they got. Beyond
the Goodies
& the Weasels, the
rational & the
irrational, logic &
illogic, dreams &
waking life, offense &
defense, common
sense, nonsense, &
no sense at all,
beyond the symbolical
& the diabolical,
3 little pigs & BB
Wolf …
Liberal Art III. Is there a satan in the
house? Accuser,
adversary, joker, jester,
clown, trickster – someone
to put IT in
play? IT, I said. Do
I always got to be
spelling IT out for you?
Daring to disturb
the universe? Eat a peach?
(Wait’ll they
get a load of this!)
Thank god for it
then ,
how else get a wiggle on?
Raise the dead?
if i'd be around these parts next semester, i'd sign up for all three
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