Birthday surprise
[ by Charles Cameron — the bell just tolled 72 for me, so it’s no longer Thanksgiving, it’s Psalm 90, still early in the “labour and sorrow” zone ]
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A propos, then, of nothing in particular — and because it is a glorious work of art, here in a tweet is Marcel Duchamp‘s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2:
@fadesingh "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2", Marcel Duchamp, 1912. pic.twitter.com/0P9dAR3f6S
— LapsusLima (@LapsusLima) November 25, 2015
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And because it shows the paucity by comaparison, not just of language but of constructed languages — and also how finely tuned such languages can be, as in this extraordinary translation into the Ithkuil:
Aukkras êqutta ogvëu?a tnou’elkwa pal-lši augwaikštülnàmbu.. pic.twitter.com/wIb1MzSYvd
— 1 / ?(x) (@fadesingh) November 25, 2015
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Now — how many words are worth a picture?
November 27th, 2015 at 4:05 pm
An even better picture is seeing Charles Cameron on this Earth.
Happy birthday, my friend, and many best wishes.
November 27th, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Happy birthday, Charles, and many more to come!
November 27th, 2015 at 7:13 pm
No flying away now, ya hear? Many happy returns!