small baltimore

Small Baltimore

Ernest Hemingway brought his portable typewriter

to class this morning and tap tap tapped out a short

story.

tap tap   tap tap tap    tap tap tap    tap tap  tap tap

You could hear mind-a-work.  Morse code.

(suffers in translation: tappety tap tap):

No one mentioned the obtrusion, sonic disruption—

or even glanced up or at each other in recognition

of the common blow to our  protocol—offense to

status quo.  Challenge. 

We  went about our thinking  & writing business—

nonchalant.  No big deal.

Arthur Koestler. in The Act of Creation.  says the

origin of humor, science, and art are all 3 generated

by the same thing: collision—when 2 opposing realms

(fashions, habits, cultures, customs, conventions)

collide. Bang. Bump. Crash.

He calls it the “bisociation of matricies”—wombs

knocking against each other, whelms  at war,

hustera, hysterics.—bang ooo, ouch, shit, damnit:

hurts—no doubt.         Origins.

Ha—that makes me laugh

Aha—that makes me think

Ah—the humanity!..

Humor, Science, Art:

all three  diverse reactions to the

same confounding catalyst: catastrophe,

crash, collision.—a consternation.

Collide

Disruption.

Perturbation.

How do you frame it?

Meaning: a difference that makes a difference.

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