Push where he give Light.
Correct the above and pull this comment?
Gary, the contest hasn’t started yet. The judges have convened and issued a Writ of Disqualification against you and all your generations unto the seventh child of the seventh child. You will have to enter under an assumed name. How about D’Artagnan?
Oops – does that disqualify me, too? I’m too disordered to read the instructions properly.
No, Catherine, you’re okay. A special writ of dispensation, covering all early entries after Gary’s entry, has been issued.
BTW, it is a very nice entry.
I take exception to that. I read all the rules, including the ones I make up myself.
Push . . . your own Master.
Thanks, dg! This seems an easy way back into writing for someone who has been too distracted lately to do much of that.
take Time to disorder. push.
Okay, thank you, Catherine. Apparently, now dg has to amend the rules so that early entries are acceptable. As usual at NC, chaos reigns.
And so it should. Disorder is Art.
Queries: (1) Are multiple entries permitted, as usual? (2) May we title our entries?
Ok, here we go again. It is clearly stipulated in the rules that multiple entries are allowed. And the Judges have conferred and will only allow titles taken from the UR-text—in other words, you may use the first words of your entry as a title.
Only the first ones? Are the judges amenable to some negotiation on this point? How about any group of words from the UR-text?
endeavour, by long exercise, Pushing well.
the exteriour Part must be stout—so essential.
act with a good Grace, to the purpose.
don’t keep back your Thrust, or avoid Thrusts.
or take the Time, by half Thrusts, to push and push.
Uh-oh. Why do I think you’re not writing about sword-fighting anymore?
Moi? I honestly only noticed the sword stuff. Really. I am the innocent in all this.
Sword fighting? So that’s what this passage is about. I thought the guys in the pictures were holding baguettes.
Wait, so we can all submit now?
When you Rule Schools, you shou’d design Parades.
you may, where you intend to Parade, either improve art or fear the Blade.
in order to defend Time, you shou’d Parade in what Manner gives Light.
Time yourself and execute them, especially on parades. Defend the Disorder. The manner of pushing which I have described may be necessary. You must act with purpose. If you are apprehensive, don’t fear the enemy. Hit him without prudence. Take advantage of the situation. The enemy exposes more danger. You are to observe the enemy. Attack! You must serve Disorder and push.
Johanne, Thank you for joining in. Great to see you here.
Saskatoon is COLD but beautiful–blue sky, sparkling snow, steam rising from the river. But I just got back from visiting family for 3 weeks so am still adjusting to the quiet.
Thanks, Jill! And you are lovely, as always.
When you have some time with a Scholar disposed to a lesson, take advantage of the situation. Capacity to turn order to disorder gives Light.
When you have used yourself at the Wall, you must push Strangers, you must, I say, push a Scholar, your own Master, push alternately, and then do the same sometime after you execute them. If you reflect on the Postures of Being, you may redouble your Offence. By this manner of Exercise, you improve Art, being insensibly disposed to the difference between a Man and another. You fall into a Disorder which is Art, more than any Defect in Nature.
The Lesson may be attained by Practice only. Assault the Body, the Lightness, Suppleness and Vigour. Compose the exteriour Part, so essential. You cannot act with good Grace, nor to the purpose. If you are apprehensive, push home, keep your Thrust, follow the Blade, the Motion of the disorders. Hit without Prudence, take advantage of the situation. An ill concerted Enterprise exposes Danger, procures Advantage.
Observe the disengaged. Take the Time to oblige him.
Push in order to counter Time.
1. What is the point of asking someone to resubmit under an assumed name when you later announce his real?
2. I am not R. Mutt.
3. Or a foppish French fencer.
R. Mutt will need to submit 5 pieces of photo ID and three valid credit card numbers.
R. Mutt does not carry credit cards.
Very neat (sorry, tired, shoveling snow off the roof all day). I did not know this. But I will persist in calling you D’Artagnan and thus you become another “thought object” and not yourself.
Well, whomever he is, the author of this piece did a nice job. I like it.
Without Prudence you cannot take advantage of the situation.
Observe the Enemy’s fort and feeble.
push where (s)he gives Light.
Sooooooooooooooo, this is not about sword-fighting?
Did I read the rules wrong? I am so bad when it comes to rules. I like my rules in bullet format no that I can pick and choose the ones I want to follow. I did like the rule where we could add our own punctuation. I have that bullet pointed in my mind – bolded and underlined.
I like to write replies like a talk in front of a roomfull of my favorite people who don’t mind me being a little raucous and outrageous sometimes.
And I am still remembering you – reading that scene that was so violent I had to run to the restroom and barf. (As well as all those other times – listening to you, trying to grasp 1% of your brilliance – cause 1% of a lot, is still a lot.
and Time, in Time, gives Light.
Marilyn, thanks. I suspect you have more.
these are an inspiration, Marilyn!
which is often the want of Art in Nature.
push where he gives Light.
Ian, I’m so excited that you submitted something here!
If we update the 18th Century Irish spelling to the modern American will we be disqualified? Or should we use all the old, wacky spellings? Don’t want to lose on a technicality….
you oblige Time, you serve Light.
a Man helps you, owing to the want of the Body, Suppleness and Vigour which compose you. you don’t fear him, his advantage, his Capacity. he keeps on. and if he sticks to his Parade you must serve him.
I’m proud to say that I didn’t use the words push or thrust once!
It begins when you used yourself according to the rules laid down. I parry your rule, this method. You may intend a condition, room, strait, by which you improve faster. But art, without method, the difference. There is a lesson of another who endeavours: Fall into disorder. Want art more than any lesson and manner. Practice only things necessary to make the lightness and vigour, which compose you. Be so essential with purpose that you justly follow the motion of the disorders. You, a condition without prudence. Take advantage of the motion, which very often exposes the feeble, plain you. Oblige to serve in disorder and light.
you = a condition without prudence. I like this.
you have for some time used yourself according to the Rules of Strangers, disengaging after you execute the Parades. you parry the Adversary you avoid after his Parade at which you are not surprised, expecting this manner of faster art, a lesson of assaulting a Man who lets you hit him. You Practice Disorder which is often the Manner of Pushing the exteriour Part, stout and without good Grace. You fear your enemy, you take advantage of the enemy, attack the Enemy’s Ripostes. You oblige him, and he Feints.
I have a question about the integrity of the rules, er, the rules about integrity. I am not questioning the integrity of the judges. What I am trying to say is do we need to respect the integrity of the words given to us by dg. Let me try again. If all of the LETTERS stay in the same order, is that allowed? Can Thrust become Trust?
Dg’s integrity is beyond dispute. The thing you ask is impossible. What would you ask for next? Thrust would become trust and trust would degrade to rust and then us and st. And then where would you be? On a st. with no name. The Judges have convened a special Privy session and denied your request for an amelioration of the rules.
I’ve always wondered what a Privy session was. Does that mean you convened in an outhouse? I would have expected the NC judges to have better meeting facilities than that. Perhaps you should take up a collection for improvements to the NC headquarters.
Natalia: That was perfect. It allows me to happily give up, stand on the sidelines and root for you. What a relief!
Thanks so much Steve and Beebee!!!
oh, sarah. this is so great!
Push when I say push.
Wow, Sarah B! Good to see you here, and with such force!
I’m still waiting for a “shy anonymous” entry.
It begins when you push.
Time to oblige him to serve, to push where he ends.
according to the Rules that I have laid down you must–especially when you push with Strangers–push and Thrust alternately. then do the same (you shou’d make other Thrusts).
execute by Rule: reflect on the Motions and Postures which puts him in a condition to redouble after the Thrust he is to make. this manner of Exercise may improve with more art. without this Method, you fall into a disorder which is often owing to want of Art.
but other things are necessary to Turn the Body: Lightness, Suppleness and Vigour compose the exteriour Part (qualities so essential, that without them you cannot act with a good Grace, nor to the purpose). If you are apprehensive––fear making you keep back your Thrust––the least Motion disorders you, and puts you out of a condition.
Prudence cannot take advantage of the situation. changing very often––according to Capacity and to Measure––procures Advantage. Thrusts strait or disengaged may be opposed. if he keeps on his Defence, to oblige him to push, you must serve to disorder him and push where he gives Light.
Time, according to you, must sometime execute Motions, which gives him Offence. A Man of Lessons, well taught, may Practice, but some other things are necessary to make a home. Fear disorders him. You cannot take advantage of the situation. Engagements take time. You shou’d oblige him.
Isn’t this from the I Ching?
3. Follow a man who helps you and lets you hit him.
By your design, the Adversary is any Defect in Nature. Good Grace, if you don’t follow the designs of the enemy, You shou’d, you must, serve order. Order Light!
Fabulous! And all I thought I needed to write was a room of one’s own.
Love this. Simplifies things quite a bit.
Yeah, I don’t know about the numbers. Unless they somehow count as punctuation. I await the judges’ decision. The are in the privy, I mean, they are in Privy session right now.
Arrogance is essential, yes, but one must learn also to humble oneself before the judges and send bribes when possible, ur, small monetary tokens of esteem.
In this case, the judges will imagine away the numbers, not difficult really, considering the condition they are in. Apparently, some no nothing left the Talisker on the kitchen counter again.
It works beautifully without the numbers too!
Life lessons by Sarah B.
Must have been the blue dog.
that would explain the referent confusion. for a minute there, i thought the numbers were loaded.
Good to see you here, David.
besides the Turn of the Body, the Lightness, Suppleness and Vigour.
nor take the advantage of the situation.
You are to observe or engage, or take the Time.
You must serve where gives Light.
make one design execute and reflect on Postures and Parades.
Disorder is the want of Art.
just include this in my first packet, dg.
Sure, this is your complete packet then?
you may improve faster being insensibly disposed to follow the Rule.
68 more versions and my creative thesis will be done. actually, diddling here may explain why my first packet is… light. but, this is so much fun. I’m sure my advisor will understand.
you must serve, and push where he gives Light.
endeavours, fall into owing to the want of Art more than to any described necessary to make Body, Lightness, Suppleness, and you, so essential, that without you, the least puts out Time either to take Time or to push Time where he gives Light.
Would that I had Time at my disposal!
Because I live in “the best of all possible worlds,” I’d like to submit mine as a jpg.
I love how you’ve made the erased words into bricks in a wall!
oh, great! you see them! thanks.
Some used to push you, you say, telling one another your design.
you execute them. Being little.
you are surprised, easily and not, insensibly. follow this difference: a Man who forewarns you, endeavours to hit you; you fall often owing to any Defect in Nature.
Well, Turn the Suppleness and compose. you cannot act apprehensive. follow the Blade, the Condition Without Prudence. take advantage of motions of changing Measure. Danger procures Advantage.
observe: it will be opposed by Time; you shou’d Counter Time.
Ah, no longer shy and anonymous, I take it. Nice one.
owing to the want of Art.
Prudence, very often you are feeble.
and push where he gives Light.
This is my second entry for the Erasure Contest. Did I make it in under the wire?
Oops. Meg, see discussion above on the integrity of dg’s words. He seems fussy about it.
The judge’s fussiness and ensuing commentary is precisely why it’s so delightful when someone like Meg pushes the envelope. Or wall, as the case may be.
I did miss that, Lynne! Alas! No matter–I often buck rules and miss deadlines. I think as a result of my specail needs. Even so, all is not lost! I enjoyed myself immensely!
IMHO I followed the official contest guidelines to the letter! So, Shirley, I’m a winner!
Shirley, Meg, your specail needs are Precious. I am filled with Envy – I thrust my efforts with order and missed too much the Delight of Disorder. To follow you Rich can only parry his Art Counter to the flow of Time taking Light.
It’s that damnable invisibility again! I love hate it.
I really did mean to make another entry, but I’m in the throes of AWP Madness (with overtones of Weather Anxiety). Good luck, everyone.