The Typewriter as Art / My New Imperial Typewriter / Concrete Poem: Bystanders

Olivetti ad, 1970

The typewriter as Art. Why not? Some of us do salivate over the best-looking ones. Looks aren't everything, of course, as I remind myself whilst looking in the mirror...every day. Take this Imperial 66. You can try to take it, but you won't get far unless you're very strong...'my Imperial weighs a ton', as Public Enemy never said. Someone kindly donated it to 'the cause' of Concrete Poetry having heard me complain that my old wide-carriage machine had broken down. Luckily he gave me a lift home, otherwise I could never have carried it to the station....

...I'm still feeling my way around the Imperial, but first impressions are good. It has a surprisingly sensitive touch for such a heavy machine. By sensitive, I just mean it doesn't require the keys to be hit with a hammer as I first thought when seeing it. It has a good feel to it. The slugs need cleaning, but I'm growing to love The Beast. Here's the third piece I made with it...

Digital Collage: Light Either End

...what? I dunno. I rarely do. Where was this going when I started and where did it end? (either end!). Broken cigarette contructionist frame that never transpired but instead formed a base from which a jet plane could launch into the face of a woman looking suitably bemused... 

Collage: More Cake, Vicar? (and farts)

More cake, vicar? That's an old saying for when you've just farted. This morning I described a 'melancholy fart crawling from my arse to fall and die on the carpet'. And I hadn't even farted. Another 'leapt merrily from between my cheeks and danced around the room'. Poetry. I could show so-called poets a thing or two. 'More cake, vicar' is an old British (English?) saying, I think. I mention this for non-British visitors. One of you is not British, I know. The other is. So here's a baby/cake combination collage. Perhaps I should mention 'collage' a lot. I think that's called a 'keyword'. I dunno. Collage digital collage collage digital anyway.

Here's The Secret

                                         Gone Fishin'                       Every Step You Take

                                         Go Ahead, Try It!                  Bite After Bite

                                         Gone Fishin'                         Man-Eater

                                          Eat Better                               Noble Bird Is Made

                                        Some Families Get More            Ssssatisfying!

                                        Out Of Life