Euphoric moments and wishes. Euphoric deliria. Euphoric movements and testimonies. Euphoric dreams. In the form of phrases which come from short stories, poems, pop albums and an interview. In the form of “euphorisms” created from phrases extracted from their original sources and collected in a new hybrid text.
a glimpse of’ s Issue 11 reproduces lyrics by Komeda (Koko Meme Dada), Cibo Matto (Stereo Type A), Takako Minekawa (Athletica), Tujiko Noriko (From Tokyo to Naiagara), phrases and verses by George Bataille (The Accursed Share – Inner Experience ), Nicole Brossard (Notebook of Roses and Civilization), Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari (A Thousand Plateaux), Herman Hesse (Klein and Wagner – Klingsor’s Last Summer), Anais Nin (The Journals) of Anais Nin Volume Five), James Schuyler (Collected Poems – Other Flowers Uncollected Poems), Georges Sebbag (Seduce), Gertrude Stein (An Interview with Gertrud Stein from Donald Sutherland’s book, Gertrude Stein: A Biography of Her Work), Ann Stanford (Holding Our Own. The Selected Poems of Ann Stanford).
They were collected by Dimitra Ioannou,Antonis Katsouris, Vassilis Oikonomopoulos.
We wish you an euphoric reading!
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MORE EUPHORISMS
INTOXICATING ECSTASY
GOLDEN GRAPEFRUIT GHOST
NOTHING TO EXPLAIN, NOTHING TO INTERPRET
YOU’ RE FREE TO EXTEMPORIZE EMOTIONALLY
RED RABBIT ROLLERSKATE
ORANGE OVAL OX
THINGS THAT SURPRISE, THINGS WE’VE NEVER SEEN. THERE ARE SO MANY. IT’S WONDERFUL
PINK POP PIGEON PRIMARY PLANET
LIFE IN ACTION, LIFE IN REPOSE, LIFE IN CONTEMPLATION, WHICH IS HARD TO TELL FROM DAY DREAMING
AND I WOULD BE A NINETEENTH-CENTURY DANDY SMELLING STRONGLY OF VANILLA
SWEETNESS IS FULFILLED
REMOVING CONSTRAINTS
TO EXIST WITHOUT LIMITS
FOR PLEASURE ONLY
INEVITABLE PLEASURE
ANSWERS CAME FROM STARS AND MOON, FROM TREES AND MOUNTAINS
MIRACULOUS SENSATION
SILVER DAY HOW SHALL I POLISH YOU?
TO DIRECT THE MOVEMENT OF THE STARS, TO PROJECT THE BEAT OF YOUR OWN BLOOD, THE CIRCLETS OF COLOR FROM YOUR OWN RETINA, INTO THE WORLD
WE UNTIE ONE ANOTHER, WE RELEASE ONE ANOTHER
WE REPEAT GESTURES, DELIGHTFUL PROMISES, SILENCE, PANTING
PROLIFERATION OF LITTLE MOTIFS
FRAGMENTS OF HAPPINESS THAT TRAVERSE THE BODY AND RAISE BRIDGES ALL AROUND BECAUSE ELSEWHERE AND IN THE WILD BLUE YONDER THEY SAY THERE’S EUPHORIA
INTO THE BATH OF JOYOUS ATOMS
EFFECTIVE JOY
ABSOLUTE DEBAUCHERY
AND ON CLOUDLESS BLUE I SCRIBBLE YOUR NAME
TO GET OUT OF BED AND DRINK TOO MUCH COFFEE AND SMOKE TOO MANY CIGARETTES AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH
GOOD MORNING -WHAT’S-YOUR-NAME?
WHY NOT TRY SOME EXTRA STIMULATION?
COME HERE, WOODS!
ALL THE EXOTIC BRILLIANCE OF THE COLORFUL TROPICAL BIRDS
I’M CHARGING MY ENERGY FRESH AS A DAISY
THE GARDEN IS ONLY FOR YOU. YOU ARE THE CENTER. YOU ARE THE GARDEN.
THE SWEET, SWEET, SWEET, SWEET SMELL OF MORNING RAIN, IN YOUR NOSE, ON BARE SKIN
THIS IS PERFECTION. THERE IS NO NEED TO PORTRAY, TO PRESERVE
NOW YOU BEGIN
NOW, THIS MOMENT FLOWS OUT OF ME DOWN THE PEN AND WRITES
B.L.O.S.S.O.M.
BLOSSOMING WITH PLEASURE FROM WITHIN
NATURALNESS, NAÏVETÉ, AND GRACE
PASSIONATE DETERMINATION
LIMITLESS REVOLT
WE ALL PILE INTO THE TOYOTA AND DRIVE OFF INTO THE WORLD OF ROSES
NO MIND TRAFFIC
PAUSE GOD
YOU ARE IN A STATE OF PERPETUAL DISCOVERY AND QUITE WITHIN THE COMMONPLACE. IT IS ALL CLEAR AND YOU ARE NOT LOST.
UNKNOWN POWER
LUCID MOMENT
A ZONE OF PROXIMITY
WHERE DO YOU GO IN YOUR SLEEP? TAKE ME WITH YOU
I CAN DROP OFF INTO A QUICKLY ACCESSIBLE FELICITY
LAST NIGHT I WOKE UP FROM A BEAUTIFUL SENSUAL DREAM: A MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE A HANDSOME WOMAN WHO LOOKED LIKE A MAN
AWAKENED ATTRACTION
WE ARE WRAPPED IN OUR SHAWL AND WEAR OUR MOON
LETS DANCE, JUST DANCE, THAT’S ALL AND NEVER STOP
BLISS: AN UNENDING KISS
IN THE DEEP VOLUPTUOUSNESS OF YIELDING, OF CONSENT
IN A RADIANCE MASSIVE LIKE SEX
INTO THIS DREAM I WILL DISSOLVE
GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT SUN. GOODNIGHT MOON. AND GOODNIGHT TO YOU FAITHLESS READER AND TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU.
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