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Page 195
... thing " ( A , 333 ) , so the falls become a thing , an animated shape whose space is inhabited . But the falls go further as a nexus for inhabitation . The trembling , still shape described by the arc and fall of rushing waters ...
... thing " ( A , 333 ) , so the falls become a thing , an animated shape whose space is inhabited . But the falls go further as a nexus for inhabitation . The trembling , still shape described by the arc and fall of rushing waters ...
Page 198
... thing , an inhabited space : surrounded by spermatozoa , all trying to get in but only one successful . I myself improvised the idea , seeing , symbolically , a design using sperms of various breeds , various races let's say , and ...
... thing , an inhabited space : surrounded by spermatozoa , all trying to get in but only one successful . I myself improvised the idea , seeing , symbolically , a design using sperms of various breeds , various races let's say , and ...
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... thing " of reader - invested- with - the - space sustained by " flame " and " spent " is then violated by " The file - sharp grass , " a visual model of a dead or motionless flame . The phrase is a " thing " in the most concrete sense ...
... thing " of reader - invested- with - the - space sustained by " flame " and " spent " is then violated by " The file - sharp grass , " a visual model of a dead or motionless flame . The phrase is a " thing " in the most concrete sense ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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