Monster Notes Teratologie/tetralogy science of monsters anomolies monsters named after classification system created by Geoffrey Saint Hilaire
“Les monstres dobles sont de trois sortes: en Y (suffixe-dyne), en X (suffixe-adelphi). et a axes parallelles (suffixe- page). Le radical designe la partre commune: par example, der-le cou dans deradelphe et ….(can’t read my handwriting here)
les monstres simples les plus connus sont les cyclops
more so so silence of monsters a monster is an extraordinary thing that attracts attention and so we call it to show the sirens, cyclops , etc they people mythology
monstrous phenomena
in the middle ages, we attributed existence of monsters to actions of demonic forces (see rosemary’s baby)
“Fragments and amputations” “suspended legs of rubber” “an arm or foot protruding from a sphere, headless male bodies in hysterical altitude.”
arc of hysterias
“organ and mineral”
there is a repetition
a system of peace a system of me
or a study of peace a system of piece nests hair refuge first house womb of wombs doubleness duplicity the heart most violent interiority thoracic cage aluidity (ease) emerges form bones almost perishable
locus of memory Amanda Deutch |
Amanda Deutch has
worked beside a Cyclops and down the street from a live freakshow.
"Monster Notes" are notes for her chapbook, B.O.S.S (Dusie
Kollektiv) which can be downloaded here: http://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/6869449?doc=5619