tailieunhanh - Sounding the Event- Escapades in dialogue and matters of art, nature and time

A little note For some time now I have been bothered by the question of what constitutes an event. Yes, I have been bothered and the bother has made me prick up my ears to listen out for theories of the event. I have been listening, but I've also been looking, and in listening and looking I have found that. | Sounding the Event Sounding the Event Escapades in dialogue and matters of art, nature and time Yve Lomax 1 . TAURI S ~ LONDON. NEW YORK Published in 2005 by & Co. Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 Copyright O 2005 Yve Lomax The right of Yve Lomax to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 1 85043 673 8 EAN: 978 1 85043 673 7 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card: available Typeset in Challenge by A. & D. Worthington, Newmarket, Suffolk Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall Contents Acknowledgements vii A ZittIe note ix A difficult beginning A twittering noise A single grain of corn and a song of immanence A passage of time and a present moment that doesn't easily slip by Listening to it happen An impossible refrain Dancing to the tune of the infinitive Echoes Fortuity Epilogue Notes Index: Encounters with proper names Acknowledgements Many thanks to Jemirna Hopley for No 2 Los Milanos without which there would not have been, for this book, the twittering-tree. A special thanks to Philippa Brewster for her enthusiasm. And more than thanks to Vit Hopley for all the time and encouragement given. A little note For some time now I have been bothered by the .