#507 The Taste of the Invisible

Has he taken a bite from
the side of the apple we
cannot see? Is that what
he is tasting? Or is there 
an additional something — 
let's say a piece of butter-
scotch to give it a whisker
of substance — hidden in

behind that apple, another 
entity which will be either 
visible or invisible depend-
ing on the side of the apple 
the observer finds themself 
at a particular point in time?


"Here we have the apparent visible, the apple, 
hiding the hidden visible, the person’s face." R.M.

#506 Of Limbs & Luxury

Today the post- woman brought me an already ex- pensive castle in the Pyrenees. If I had added the optional extra of that giant bird found in some Magritte paintings it would have cost me an arm & a leg on top of a basic price I can't really afford. & since Ma- gritte is dead, I don't trust the vendor's guarantee that the artist will paint any missing limbs back on me, just like he did to the model in Attemp- ting the Impossible.

#505 Le Présent

It appears as if birds
with ancient lineages

find it difficult to deal
with the present on 

its own terms unless 
they have some well- 

worn article from the 
past to comfort them.