Art is a stuffed crocodile ~ Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry 1873 ~ 1907

IN HIS TIME JARRY’S THOUGHT AND ACTION MADE MIND SHAPING NON SENSE TO A FEW BUT WITH THE WISDOM OF HINDSIGHT MANY OTHERS WERE DRAWN TO DON HIS MOTLEY A HALF CENTURY POSTMORTEM. CELEBRITY WAS ALMOST HIS. ONE SMALL FOOT IN THE CLASSICS DRAGGING HIM BACKWARDS ~ THE OTHER TRAPPED IN THE ADAMANTINE WHEELS OF PROGRESS DRAGGING HIM FORWARD.

IMMORTALITY IS NOT OF THE FLESH BUT MEMORY. ABSURDITY IS NOT A NON SENSE ~ IT IS A TRUTH.

JARRY IS LE MAT; AND HAS BEEN THIS AUTHOR’S DEAR COMPANION FOR HALF A CENTURY AS HE STUMBLES HIS WAY IN TIME ~ FROM PLACE TO PLACE ~ TO KUCHING.

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Starring in order of appearance

Mister THOMAS EDISON

Docteur FAUSTROLL

Senor LEONARDO DA VINCI

Kyrios ARCHIMEDES

ANON ~ A NEOLITHIC ARTIST

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ACT ONE

Docteur FAUSTROLL IS JOINED AT THE DEATHBED OF aLFRED JARRY BY THE MASTERS OF PATAPHYSICS.

THOMAS EDISON : SHAZAM!

DOCTEUR FAUSTROLL: HA!HA!

LEONARDO DA VINCI : PRESTO!

ARCHIMEDES: EUREKA!

A NEOLITHIC ARTIST : UGH!

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ACT TWO

FAUSTROLL (interjects loudly) :

The longer I lives the MORE I sees!

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A Fool’s Errand Faustroll’s Journey

The Fool walks eternally, with no destination, driven forward by the force of wonder on a journey sign posted by discovery, blessed by the divinities of Sun and Moon, nurtured and comforted in his travails by the Green Earth and humankind – Her minions.

WITH GESTES ET OPINIONS DU DOCTEUR FAUSTROLL AS A GUIDE BOOK A STUFFED CROCODILE IS A MAP ANNOTATING STEPS IN THIS FOOL’S JOURNEY. BOOK I ~ NEHWYREVE ~ ALREADY OPEN TO THE READER, IS AN INVENTORY OF THIS AUTHOR’S  TRAVERSE THROUGH TIME. PLACE AND THE HEARTS OF OTHERS IN A MARVELOUSLY FOOLISH WORLD 2010~20118.

BOOKS II UNTIL VIII  UNFOLD HERE