Thursday, August 7, 2008

Theatre Was Religious: Seeing

Theater was religious,
originally, true?

Catharsis: the purgation
of fear AND pity--both,
so as to be able to see
without those 2 interferring
as they naturally do?

Purgatory: a purification.
Washed in the blood of the
spam.

The Play's the thing.

I agree with you: "coherence"
(and consistency) are words that
mean one think among logicians,
radically different and
incommensurate among artists.

And yet: the same words.

No wonder we confuse each other,
collapsing and conflating
realms of activity, yet using/
abusing the same words across
the curriculum.

Can't be helped. But maybe
seen--factored inn? Talked
about a lot so as to at least
be able to track the confusion?

Dramatize?

Best, Sam

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