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January 28, 2004
the nagual
here's one from Jim:
" The nagual is the unknown, the unpredictable, the uncontrollable. For the nagual to gain access, the door of chance must be open. There must be a random factor: drips of paint down the canvas, setting the paint on fire, squirting the paint. Perhaps the most basic random factor is the shotgun blast, producing an explosion of colour into unpredictable, uncontrollable patterns and forms. Without this random factor the painter can only copy the tonal universe..."
William Burroughs
the nagual is part of Native American philosophy - they had a few things worked out, except gunpowder, sadly.
Posted by john at January 28, 2004 08:55 AM
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