THE ART MOVEMENT: INCLINATA RESURGET, HAVING FALLEN IT RISETH AGAIN IN AN EVER WIDENING SPIRAL

Three long years have wintered in our enthusiastick souls—

a many-faced, brooding winter.

Three long years since our powerful stars last

ran in the fountain veins of the body of god.

Three long years while stubborn masonry

glommed onto our forearms and backarms

and our naked limbs became very hard to move.

Three long years, my brave souls!

Brave souls!

Like forests flourishing in a confined environment

you optimized your consumption and production

and became mystics of the perfect moment.

Like downed wires on the backs of trees

you were both alive and not alive

while vines and christmas lights curled around you.

Like beautiful strawberries, eaten to the leaf,

suspended in clear, white water,

you bobbed while golden piss was bathing you!

Brave souls!

The winds of September rush and ripen

the ancient fruits of longing.

What's that I hear?

A brave soul never dies, only sleeps.

What's that I hear?

Before you formulate a best-practice policy

of long-term relationships to project life-cycles

BEHOLD YOUR EFFLORESCENCE!

I hear!

THE DELIQUESCENT RESIDUE

ON YOUR STONY ARMOR

BETRAYS THE RUNNING WATER INSIDE YOU.

Brave souls!


Three long years ago, where were you, were you plowing through the heat, turning it to either side? Were you strong-armed plowing, were you able?

Had you been blest with the eyes of Swayambhunath; had you been blest with the spiritual chastity of Sita, avatar of Lakshmi, the harsh-mouthed perceiver; had it been a time of pilgrimage for you, nesting on the sides of the seven hills of the new-born city: Constitution Hill, College Hill, Federal Hill, Tockwotten Hill, Smith Hill, Christian Hill, Weybosset Hill;—had it been, you might have seen!

Great and heavy things were being pushed up hills by strong-armed men in those old days.

Tell me, brave souls, did the currents that heave the earth, the water, and the air show you their faces?—did they give you their bodies?—did they fling at you their pamphlets?

There is a fire that burns beneath the earth, a second sun, whose emissions spurt from volcanos. A sharp spike on the seismograph roll three years ago in the month of Nissan—the first month—that trembled over the vast plains of Iyar, the month of blossoms, the second month—that hurled itself from upper bound to lower bound until the moon herself tore up the oceans in protest at the fluxion of the months—and then: silence. Regretful night and her planet wove their enchantments to wake the brooding spirits of the past. But the tip of the needle was rusted; the paper torn; the apparatus bent.

And silence for three long years...


On August 21, 2012, deep inside the Legon Seismological Observatory, a young Ghanaian named Elvis was struck by a series of strange readings on his geophone, which were soon corroborated by reports transmitted by radio wave from the various satellite stations which dot south-eastern Ghana, in Tema, Shai Hills, Akosombo, Koforidua, Kukurantumi, Weija, and Winneba. The Ashanti golden stool began to emit luxurious golden photons bearing holographically the trace of an emerging soul, struggling, as the queen mother Yaa Asantewaa, a little over a century before, had struggled against Sir Frederick Hodgson, through the fields of battle.

Meanwhile, the hard seeds of the lotus were rattling in the hand of an infant.

Meanwhile, the burning fire was unlocking the spirit in the log.

(For the massy titans three years is like the click of a lighter.)

MEANWHILE, THE ART MOVEMENT ASCENDS IN A LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL TO THE OUTERMOST REGIONS IN A PROCESS OF REVERSION, SHEPHERDING THE MANY INTO THE ONE; WHEREUPON IN A GREAT PROCESSION THE GOOD DIFFUSES ITSELF FROM VARIOUS INSPIRATION CLEARING HOUSES SCATTERED IN THE ORBITS OF THE QUINTESSENCE.


Your pen drops. Eight leaves arrange themselves on the pavement. A golden monad appears to you floating like a speck of dust above a kitchen sink. As you return to consciousness, your ears buzz with the cool static of pure information.

The herald speaks clearly and enunciates like the poets of the breakers and the sea.


Three years ago, reports began to surface concerning an international conspiracy of metaphorical savants whose exploits were recorded in a not easily available ink-jet mouth-piece, THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ART MOVEMENT. Two issues followed in quick succession before an interdimensional counter-conspiracy began to generate inverted probability waves of such amplitude as to completely mutilate THE ART MOVEMENT'S possible worlds. Our intrepid explorers naturally took refuge in the impossible worlds, easily accessible by means of THE ART MOVEMENT's standard issue paralethic generators. So ensconced, our boys and girls picked up a few tricks, notably the ability to harness sustainable, environmentally friendly acausal logical constraints, the details are complicated, but the point is, by means of a potent cocktail of sweat and ingenuity, THE ART MOVEMENT proceeded to install thirteen hypostatic respirators in Hilbert space, which, by breathing in tandem with all things, eased up conditions back on earth. The battle with evil won, THE ART MOVEMENT turned to the question of its futures. In order to maximize the future density of the Good in the river of Time, and restore the proper balance of Nature and Artifice in the present moment, it was thought that its membership relation ought to be considerably more promiscuous.

With this in mind, the following call was formulated...


In 1624, Francis Bacon published his New Atlantis envisioning a new science and new house of study whose end would be "the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empires to the effecting of all things possible."

In 1725, Giambattista Vico published his New Science, regrounding the study of history in the examination of a recurring cycle of metaphor to metonymy to irony in the ages of man.

In 2002, Stephen Wolfram published A New Kind of Science, making the case that all of reality can be reduced down to simple systems of computation, most easily visualized with chessboards.

And in the last decade alone, a google search reveals scattered references to...

...The New Science of Addiction, The New Science of Learning, The New Science of Viral Ads, The New Science of Metagenomics, The New Science of Retailing, The New Science of Memory, The New Science of Population, The New Science of Morality, The New Science of Smart, The New Science of Building Great Teams, The New Science of Longevity, The New Science of Religion, The New Science of Adult Attachment, The New Science of Personal Success, The New Science of Personal Transformation, The New Science of Why We Like What We Like, The New Science of the Meme, The New Science of Weight Loss, The New Science of Fall Colors, The New Science of Winning, The New Science of Gratitude, The New Science of Water, The New Science of Strong Materials, The New Science of How We Connect with Others, The New Science of How We Read, The New Science of Dog Behavior, The New Science of Human Capital, The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities, The New Science of Healing, The New Science of Sustainability, The New Science of the Paranormal, The New Science of Selling and Persuading, The New Science of Intuition Medicine for Energy and Balance, The New Science of Back Pain, The New Science of Bereavement, The New Science of Breath, The New Science of Catching Killers, The New Science of Asset Allocation, The New Science of Qualities, The New Science of Simplicity, The New Science of Virtues, The New Science of X-treme Supply Chain Management, The New Science of Triumph, The New Science of Sales Force Productivity, The New Science of Evil, The New Science of Perfect Skin, The New Science of Sugar Addiction, The New Science of the Birth and Death of Words, The New Science of Feeling Can Transform Your Life, The New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, The New Science of Stagnationism, The New Science of Song, The New Science of Investigation, The New Science of Aging Well, The New Science of Parking, The New Science of Axiological Psychology, The New Science of Nature Management, The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish More, The New Science of Self-Compassion, The New Science of Mother-Baby Bonding, The New Science of Small, The New Science of Choking Under Pressure, The New Science of Forgiveness, The New Science of Skin and Scuba Diving, The New Science of Biodegradable Plastics, The New Science of Complex Fluids, The New Science of Siblings, The New Science of Appetite Control, The New Science of Invisibility, The New Science of Psychedelics, The New Science of Complexity Management, The New Science of 'Phew!', The New Science of Rapid Body Transformation, The New Science of Jury Consulting, The New Science of Forgetting, The New Science of Temptation, The New Science of Mood, The New Science of Becoming, etc.

Clearly the time is ripe for order in the rapidly growing field of new sciences. Therefore, THE ART MOVEMENT is now welcoming submissions FOR A NEW KIND OF SCIENCE, taking the view that the scientist picks up where the artist leaves off—for now—, and the artist picks up where science can go no further—yet. As per the strictures of THE ART MOVEMENT's board of governance, submissions may take any form whatsoever, including stories, poems, essays, diatribes, commentaries, marginal notes, lieder, paintings, ambience, concepts, storyboards, figurines, speculations, diagrams, equations, etc. whose purpose will be to stand as the foundational document of some new science. Worthy efforts will appear in THE ART MOVEMENT's new online record THE NEW PROCEEDINGS OF THE ART MOVEMENT, INCLINATA RESURGET to be published at the time of each new moon, lunar catastrophes notwithstanding. One-off efforts are appreciated, but special weight will be given to those investigators who intend on filing a continuing series of reports on subjects of their choosing.

To appear in our first issue, contact us at theartmovement@theartmovement.info, attaching your submission and providing a short biography of yourself or someone else, as well as noting if your intention is to pursue continued interactions with THE NEW PROCEEDINGS, thereby becoming a well-respected fixture in our house of spiritual detectives.

Deadline: October 31, 2012 as the clock chimes twelve.

Finally, all submissions will be entered into THE ART MOVEMENT COORDINATION CONTEST. The rules are as follows: with your submission wish a wish of how much money you'd wish to win if you won the contest. The winning submission as chosen by THE ART MOVEMENT's board of governance will win the amount wished by the winning wisher divided by the added wishes wished by all the non-winners. Be careful what you wish for!

ENJOY, BRAVE SOULS!