Stein, G. 1914, ‘Objects’, in G. Stein, Tender Buttons, Claire Marie, New York, pp. 7- 29.
In Gertrude Stein’s 1914 book, ‘Tender Buttons’, the first of three chapters, ’Objects’, is written in abstract sentencing, which presents ordinary objects as ideas and concepts that may confuse readers. This is due to the unfamiliar exploration of these objects not yet experienced by readers. Even though Stein uses fragmented and metaphorical language techniques, an experience is felt by the readers, this being highly interpretive. It is noticed that similar meanings of each object can still be derived when reading the sentences in reverse, which I personally found fascinating. These riddle like descriptions challenge conventions and opinions of objects found in the world around us, allowing each anecdote to hold different meanings for each reader.
When reading some passages I used different styles of speech to decipher further meanings, this included reading out aloud, changing reading pace, stronger pronunciation of letters and reading sentences in reverse. When doing this further research, I observed that the words are incidental, allowing the pace and pronunciation to create an auditory rhythm (rhythmic pulse), creating a mechanism for extracting sounds.
INITIAL THOUGHTS
Storm
Thunder
Raindrops fell, fallen angel
Deceptive
Closed off
preset fake front
Mysterious
Quinoa 2006, motion picture, Absurda, Los Angeles.
David Lynch 2006 Quinoa, presents a juxtaposition between the serious black and white film with intense horror like music and the elemental value of unseriousness, being that the contents of the video as a whole is quite unimportant - just him cooking. The non-physical traits of the film is what interested me the most about this stimuli, feelings of doom and haunting nature, added to the thriller like production. The lighting arrangement, connoting strong german expressionism, suggests that the darker settings are more serious and contains personal discussions. This is seen also through the brighter lighting change when Lynch returns to the kitchen, giving mundane cooking instructions. Another haunting element to the film is that Lynch himself is imagined to be the controller of all things, being the food, music, and communicating with the people behind the camera. This power of control coupled with the dramatical film techniques instills feelings of being uncomfortable and unsettling. The light-hearted yet eerie structure of the film then builds on underlining expressions of schitzy and transcendence.
INITIAL THOUGHTS
dark
thriller
no exact measurements
cover story of the grain
split personality
dramatic music over light hearted story … why
eerie
parody
whats popular
the controller
sociopath -- schitzy
audience????
basic dish
routine
transcendence from cooking to stories
high class
wealth
uncomfortable… why????
unsettling feeling