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A logical error

 I've heard some fishermen say that fish don't feel pain because if they did we would hear them scream. The error of this "logic" of this is clear. They don't have the biological apparatus to scream. They may well feel pain but it is not expressed in a way most people can understand. I was thinking about this and then wondered what error(s) of logic I make in my own life,  behaviour, or thought.
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"The War Against Cliché"

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 "The War Against Cliché" is a book by Martin Amis. I like the idea, to be used maybe for at least one set of artworks. So, no crescent moons, no smiling suns, no twinkling stars, no sitting cats, no grinning skuls...      
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Madman's eyes

 What he says is rubbish. But he stared at me like one who knows the truth and knows that all the world denies him. Small angry eyes. Quite unpleasant. Quite disturbing,
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From Tony Buzan to angelic hierarchies

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 When I was at school in the 1970s there was a program on the BBC for pupils called "Use Your Head" with Tony Buzan. It was about how to improve your memory and learning skills and went beyond the "write the same thing down 100 times" type of technique. Buzan gave more interesting and fun memory techniques. I bought the book: I did use the techniques in the book and it did help me learn. And I got interested in memory techniques. Decades later I bought a book by Frances Yates... Frances Yates University College London 1924  ..."The Art of Memory": (Yates confessed that she was not interested in learning and using the memory techniques, which I found strange) I cannot remember exactly why I bought the book, but it got me interested in Giordano Bruno.   On the 17th of February 1600 Bruno was killed by the Catholic Church because of his beliefs .  Killed because of his beliefs . He certainly had some (what we would consider now) strange beliefs, as well as s
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"In The Scenes Behind Plain Sight" and "Geof Norcott's Working Men's Club"

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 "In The Scenes Behind Plain Sight" is a very good mickey take of 99% of podcasts. 2 friends trying to be interesting while talking about a TV series.  The podcast itself  contains dubious ads, along with details of the "plus" edition which gets you "exclusive and ad free" material at just a few dollars a month. Just like real podcasts! And it is not just a mick-take, but also very very strange as the series continues. I love it. And this...  ...is funny too. The latest episode Mr. Norcott talks about the phrase "Man Up!" Compares it with "Grow a Pair!" Lots of laugh out loud moments for me.
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The Old Heart of the Sleepy Clock

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 My Sleepy Clock (first exhibited at the Biennale di Venezia 1997) is getting on in years. I put it into suspended animation and took out its old heart: Il cuore di un Orologio Dormiglione This heart will never beat again, though I did make a video of the last time the clock worked with its old internal organs. And here is the body, waiting for its new organs. Hopefully soon to be restored into the working object it once was...  
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"He lives on in his music" - "Not really."

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 My Mum used to sing in a choir in Bigglewade. At one time the leader of the choir said that Handel lived on in his music. And my Mum said: "Well, he doesn't really." The reply was: "His music is alive for him." And my Mum said: "But he doesn't know that does he?" I don't know how the conversation finished, she didn't tell me or I have forgotten. But I was reminded of it when I was watching Ricky Gervais in his Armageddon show. He said that people talk about what he wants to leave behind, his "legacy". He said that he didn't care about his "legacy" because he would be dead and not be there to see it. I suppose the only way someone can enjoy their legacy is by dreaming or fantasizing about it while they are alive. But there is no guarantee your legacy will be as you imagine it.  
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