From: "Pierre Petiot" <p_petiot-AT-euronet.nl>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 19:24:34 +0000
Subject: Re: surreality


Hi,

> "A certain immediate ambiguity contained in the word 'surrealism' is capable, in
> fact, of leading one to suppose that it designates I know not what
> transcendental attitude, when on the contrary it expresses - and always has
> expressed for us - a desire to deepen the foundation of the real; to bring about
> an ever clearer and at the same time ever more passionate consciousness of the
> world perceived by the senses."
> 
> This is one of my favorite passages of Breton's, for practical purposes.  It
> articulates my 'ideal' for completeness, struggling and experiential.

I think this is quite clear.

> Re: surreality - I do not think it was I who invented this term, but if I did (I
> was charged by someone - Pierre, perhaps - of doing so), so be it.  It is
> formally a noun, it trips off the tongue, and it serves a similar function in my
> thought and articulation as the term 'surrealism.'

If you were the one to have invented this term, 
I would not really care...

I do not think I "charged" you of that either.
I am not really interested of "charging" anyone at all.
I've never seen that it was leading somewhere anyway.

I just think some accuracy on this precise ground is important.

The quotation above 
shows that you are accurate enough for me when needed


Pierre PETIOT 
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