File spoon-archives/blanchot.archive/blanchot_1997/blanchot.9707, message 43


Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 16:58:49 -0700
From: Ariosto Raggo <df803-AT-freenet.carleton.ca>
Subject: MB: 'a'-more


While writing "messed up" I was constantly looking awry at the start of
my readings in Zizek, in _Looking Awry_ and some of the thoughs that
Adorno began his study of _Alban Berg_ with -- such as; "Evanescence,
the revocation of one's own existence, is for Berg not the stuff of
expression, not music's allegorical theme, but rather the law to which
music submits."(pg.2) And also, " He fused the art of thematic
manipulation, of strict motivic economy... with the principle of
continous transition...from each there a remnant(ein Rest) is retained,
ever samller, until finally only a vanishingly small vestige remains:
not only does the theme establish its own insubstantiality, but the
formal interrelationships between succesive sections are woven together
with infinitesimal care."  And yes... I was 'looking awry' at Beatrice
who is approached as Dante reminds us, through a wall of fire that
Nietzsche calls enthuthiasm; a condensation of memory agitating a
distant caress that burns away all relations and retracts its own saying
now encrypted with streaming noise -- trembling and an animal's
cry...'a'-more. I only wish I would have had more time to have wrought a
more intricate post, stazio;- to compare to the generosity and lustre
that layed itself out as  I read your response. I have not had the good
fortune to meet a teacher whose brilliance I respected. Your (k)-ant
like tenacity is to be admired. In time I will do the recommended
reading. How many is that now, a hundred books and essays without
exaggerating too much? I need a break and I am participating in some
events that require my attention. You don't know how much time is being
taken by our exchanges this summer to remember, to remember well.

Ariosto "Fumario' Raggo


   

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