roller

roller. rollercoasters and steamrollers. rolling as a motion, one of a vast set we are capable of. rolling, lolling, body as form and function, but also as art.

chained

chained. to a stone. like...prometheus? to have his liver torn out over and over again. metal and stone. great textures there - solid and immovable.

president

president. from preside, perhaps? to preside at the head. commander and chief. like many things, it's just a word, with it's own history as a word, but with all of the history behind it, it accrues power that it never had to begin with. such is the power of titles.

detour

detour. first thought: my whole life has been a detour so far. which of course implies a destination. interesting, if life is what happens when you're making other plans, and your plans are the destination, then life is necessarily a detour. it's the unexpected flow of your experience, driving you down blind alleys. no one can fight it.

industry

industry. reigniting the fires of industry. is this a fundamental aspect of human society, that we must be productive? Are we inherently technological people? i suppose it speaks to an innate curiosity and creativity which might be considered flattering, despite the things we've done in its name.

dolls

dolls. the dollhouse. it was a good show, with interesting ideas at least, despite the poor execution. reminds me of ghost in the shell too, where the director held up dolls alongside dogs as two things/entities that we project ourselves onto, yet have very different kinds of life from us. Dolls are imitation life.

bongos

bongos. certainly conjures an air of the foreign, the mysterious, the exotic. maybe something like orientalism, preying on the ignorance of an audience to produce such a feeling of mystery. it matters who the audience is in this case, because all the bongo players in the room are not impressed.