Posts Tagged ‘White Noise

22
Feb
09

Memento Mori

Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning “Be mindful of death” and may be translated as “Remember that you are mortal,” “Remember you will die,” “Remember that you must die,” or “Remember your death”. It names a genre of artistic creations that vary widely from one another, but which all share the same purpose, which is to remind people of their own mortality. (Wikipedia)

Memento. Mori.

MORI

“Man’s guilt in history and in the tides of his own blood has been complicated by technology, the daily seeping falsehearted deathbed.” >>> “You are the sum total of your data. No man escapes that.” <<

(from Don DeLillo’s White Noise).

MEMENTO: wallrock1

“They tried to teach you to make lists in grade school, remember? Back when your day planner was the back of your hand. And if your assignments came off in the shower, well, then they didn’t get done. No direction, they said. No discipline. So they tried to get you to write it all down somewhere more permanent…[The list is] like a letter you write to yourself. A master plan, drafted by the guy who can see the light, made with steps simple enough for the rest of the idiots to understand.” (from Jonathan Nolan’s short story, Memento Mori)

The blog is the list I make to myself, for myself. The instructions from my relays are part of my list. Do not forget to …

I will help myself remember that which escapes memory. Google will help me conjure the images. Can I make my unconscious googleable?

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