Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
Richard Siken
A clock is a machine. A gear is a tool. There is rarely
any joy in a frictionless place, so find your inner viscosity.
The mind says viscosity is resistance to flow. The body
puts glue on a twig and catches a bird. Glue is a tool,
unless you are a bird. If you are a bird, then glue is
an inconvenience. A tool does work. A bird flies away
from danger and lands where it can. All thinking is
comparison. A bear is a weapon, a bear claw is a pastry.
A bear trap, if you are a bear, is an inconvenience.
Logic is boring because it works. Being unreasonable is
exciting. Machines have knobs you can turn if you
want to. A hammer is a hammer when it hits the nail.
A hammer is not a hammer when it is sleeping. I woke
up tired of being the hammer. There's a dream in the
space between the hammer and the nail: the dream of
about-to-be-hit, which is a bad dream, but the nail will
take the hit if it gets to sleep inside the wood forever.
I taped a sword to my hand when I was younger. This
is an argument about goals.
Logic was written by Richard Siken.
Richard Siken released Logic on Fri Apr 24 2015.