I am thinking about weddings.
October 5th, 2006I was at my cousin’s wedding this weekend.
All of my friends seem to be of marrying age—just waiting around, waiting to get married. Or deciding never to get married. One or the other. I’m not entirely against the idea. And I think I would like to have some sort of ceremony, rather than running off to City Hall. It would be fun to have music and readings and such.
Maybe one reading could be Stan Apps’ poem, “A Massive Image of Elmo”…
A Massive Image of Elmo
A massive image of Elmo is in the air above Elmo.
Elmo is surrounded by monsters of other colors
Looking at Elmo, listening to Elmo.
Elmo in the air holds his paws up and out
Reaching out to the world, to beseech, to cuddle
Blue monsters look at Elmo, green monsters look at Elmo
Monsters made out of used rags shake Elmo’s hand
Elmo is at the center
Elmo creates the circle that surrounds Elmo
There is nothing more deeply human than the family
The family is a dynamic power structure
That contains individuals by circumscribing them
Circles are sacred; the center of circles are sources
Elmo creates the circle that surrounds Elmo
The circle creates the massive image of Elmo
That is in the air above Elmo
All the monsters around Elmo take meaning from Elmo
Monster society is the production of monster consciousness
and monster being by monsters
The massive image of Elmo above Elmo is on a wall
The meaning that Elmo offers us is not a created meaning
Elmo is a monster at the center of the world
Which is where monsters belong
And the world shall serve the interests of monsters now
Rather than the abstract needs of imaginary beings
October 6th, 2006 at 9:39 am
Your post made me google Stan Apps. And he has a good blog.
http://www.oracularvaginatakesherplace.blogspot.com/
October 6th, 2006 at 11:00 am
Have a wedding at Sesame Place
http://www.sesameplace.com/
October 9th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
i recently moved to providence and stumbled upon your website/blog/art museum…and have been enjoying it. i actually think i found you through a google search for providence food blogs…and was happy to find your site offers even more than that. cheers!
October 10th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Stan Apps really is one of the greatest essayists around. His blog archives are totally worth rumaging through on a regular basis. And the idea of a Mitch-Kaveri wedding where “A Massive Image of Elmo” figures prominently is, well, sublime.