Toying with pas times, and in rela ti on
to
them, our masterful
SIZe .
T h e adult games self-conta ined
in a pl as ti c cube are a ttracti ve.
T he wave, for instan ce, a secti on o f whi ch
in a case, tilts, the blue tinted water
crashing on e side, th en leveling off
before piling and mech ani ca ll y crashing the other.
T h e secti on of an ything is interesting .
Ano th er everyon e has seen is th e sh all ow ova l of sand,
two different weights, two different colors.
T h e smoki es t poss ibl e h ea p
does not deter gravity from sorting it a ll.
Tabl eaux from whi ch we draw mo ra ls,
th e diminuti on th at tran sfo rms the ignored
na tura l occurren ce into an o bj ect,
thereby a goa l. T h e fire in the firepl ace
and the o th ers o f the pantheon , th e earthqua ke, the
tidal wa ve, should in turn whil e we sit around
p lay in a recessed pl ace in the wall s of ou r homes .
Sometime during hi s youth or during the course of an evening
someone shows an aptitude fo r it and is all owed to p res ide,
and it becomes hi s phenomenon . He litera ll y stirs the wind ,
the warmed wa ter swellin g into a canopy o f wa ter,
sending un ca ta logued feelings in advan ce. When a sto rm develops
on its own , h e sits down . "Th e tOrrenti a l ra ins begin. "
Stones and rocks stra tegica ll y gath ered
into bul warks withstand th e sli cing
ra in s for quite a whil e before giving up.
T he po int is to build something
no t so th at it lasts fo rever but th a t it di es
in the mos t developed way possibl e.
T h a t is wh y he gets up and uses th e bell ows
lO
fu el th e wind .
Beyond the smilin g, sea ted man , in a sense within
the propert y left over from hi s L-shaped pose, th ere is a fi re
" raging" throughout a house, and a compan y-
p resumabl y No . 7-pulling a hose to it.
