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Title
Visiting
Poets
Academy
:
Michael
McClure
Performer(s)
McClure
,
Michael
Subject 1
Poetry
,
Modern
--
20th
century
.
Subject 2
Expermental
poetry
.
Abstract
A
lecture
by
Michael
McClure
in
which
he
discusses
the
creation
of a "
Personal
Universe
Deck
"
which
he
considers
to be "
word
sculptures.
"
Highlights
of the
lecture
include
recitations
of
Chaucer
,
Blake
, and
Lorca
.
Content
0:45
Audio
begins
;
McClure
will
give
instructions
on how to
make
a
deck
of
cards
to
reflect
one's
personal
universe
; "A
Personal
Universe
Deck
"
2:50
James
Joyce's
100,000
word
vocabulary
discussed
3:28
Rule
1
:
Some
of the
words
must
deal
with
past
,
present
and
future
4:26
Rule
2
:
Words
sound
good
together
in any
random
combination
5:15
Poe
thought
"
cellar
door
" was the
most
beautiful
word
in
English
;
McClure
recites
some
Chaucer
,
Blake
, and
Lorca
7:37
Question
about
the
use
of
profanity
in the
deck
9:00
Rule
3
:
Show
your
good
and
bad
side
10:45
Question
about
the
repetition
of
words
in the
deck
; if a
word
comes
up
twice
,
use
it
twice
12:15
Question
about
the
use
of
synonyms
in the
deck
; the
use
of
names
?
neologisms?
;
McClure
asks
that
suffixes
be
left
off
all
words
14:20
Rule
4
:
All
words
to be
concrete
(i.e
.
no
suffixes)
16:45
Rule
5
:
80
of these
words
will be
divided
evenly
among
sight
,
sound
,
taste
,
touch
,
smell
(16
each)
18:24
85%
of of
our
sensory
experience
is
visual--that's
why
the
words
are
divided
as
above
20:14
Rule
6
:
10
words
of
movement
(like
handspring
,
surf
,
skate
,
etc.)
22:39
Best
way
when
working
on these
words
: be
alone
,
quiet
, in the
semi-dark
;
can
be
done
intuitively
,
programmatically
; or, in a
combination
26:00
Rule
7
:
Last
10
words
are
parts
of the
body
,
names
of
heroes
or
heroines
,
places
in the
universe
,
invented
words
,
times
of
night
and
day
,
symbolic
signs
,
totemic
birds
,
animals
and
plants
; also
save
one
word
for the
most
important
abstraction
in
your
life
32:00
Avoid
hyphenated
words
34:00
Begins
an
example
list
;
which
categories
do
words
fit
into,
e.g
. "
rose
"?
39:00
Checking
to
see
if
words
sound
good
together
44:00
What to
do
if the
word
doesn't
fit
? Are there
other
words
?
Getting
into
specifics
.
51:26
What
about
a
word
that
applies
to
past
,
present
, and
future
?
55:00
Heroes
and
heroines
are
discussed
56:00
McClure's
love
of
curries
; also his
ownership
of
tartans
and his
synesthesia
with
curries
;
synesthesia
in
general
1:04:30
First
deck
he
saw
had been
made
by a
small
girl
;
McClure
made
the
rules
;
sees
deck
as "
word
sculptures
"
1:05:20
Scientists
tell
us
we
have
27
senses
, not
five
1:06:34
Question
about
distribution
of
categories
1:07:30
Question
about
the
use
of "
light
";
avoid
poetry
and
philosophy
in the
deck
1:09:00
A
person's
name
is
acceptable
1:09:30
Instructions
on what
do
with the
list
when
it's
complete
1:15:30
Students
begin
making
their
sample
lists
Type of Event
class
Engineer's Notes
Tape casing: good Sound quality: good
Date Recorded
1976-06-16
File Format
mp3
Performance Length
1:22:01
Rights Information
Copyright
release
given
to
Naropa
University
for the
purposes
of
preservation
,
marketing
and
educational
use
.
All
other
rights
reserved
to
individual
performers
.
Department
Writing
Format Description
Unknown
Tape Order
1 of 2
Publisher
Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type
Sound
Language
eng
File Name
76P005.mp3
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