Thursday, June 14, 2007
On the Careful Creation of Concepts
Read a short essay by Deleuze in his Deserted Islands called "Faces and Surfaces" today. It's an interview/conversation with artist Stefan Czerkinsky, who asks Deleuze, "What precautions should be taken when producing a concept?" Deleuze replies,
This sentence is footnoted, and the note says,
You put your blinker on, and check in your rearview mirror to make sure another
concept isn't coming up behind you; once you've taken these precautions, you
produce the concept. (282)
This sentence is footnoted, and the note says,
Concepts are not in your head; they are things, peoples, zones, regions,This note reminds me of their essentially anti-metaphorical stance.
thresholds, gradients, temperatures, speeds, etc. (312)
# posted by Richard Smyth @ 3:55 PM 
