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Heavy heart-- Today I learned of the passing of my dear friend Bill, better known to many followers of his work as William S. Wilson. If you were lucky enough to know him, you understand what a great loss this is. Love to our mutual friends.
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Updated William S Wilson: Collected Writings website !
https://williamswilsonwritings.wordpress.com/
Also now on The Face Book : https://www.facebook.com/William-S-Wilson-Collected-Writing-1224133...
Hope to be back posting more to IUOMA soon.
"Page 1 opens with questions of evil in a benevolently ordered Universe. The advice of this page is to look to surfaces, not to attempt to descend into depths of meaning, or to intrude on depths of mind or interiority of soul. The implication is to do as Ray does, which is to move laterally from image to image. He works with inconsistencies and discontinuities in order to hold and to spread ideas and images on the surfaces, while allowing inconsistencies to overlap. [...] The style of lettering on Page 1 is a model for Ray's construction of himself, and an example he offers to other people. Do as each letter does, which is to remain separate and independent, while each individual letter contributes its effects to the meaningful whole word. The style of each discontinuous and inconsistent letter prevents it from disappearing into the interior of a word, while stylization of the letter presses down on that letter to formulate its own suggestions of meanings. The concern for each letter suggests the slow and deliberate delays of grief, where grief alters experiences of time. Each word has a visual rhythm of its own, with that rhythm attuned to other rhythms. ."
Text by William S. Wilson in “A Book About A Book About Death” Kunstverein, Amsterdam, 2010.
Jun 19, 2016
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William S. Wilson, “The Art of Friendship,” Ray Johnson: Black Mountain College Dossier #4, BMC Museum & Arts Center, Asheville, NC, 1997.
read it online: https://williamswilsonwritings.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/wsw-1997...
Jun 19, 2016
Ruud Janssen
Some of my correspondence with Bill Wilson is now online for research at:
https://williamswilsonwritings.wordpress.com/collected-correspondence/
Jul 4, 2016