Concept
distillation
2 writings
- a rhythm is the pattern clemency swore it wouldn't keep Clemency granted on a schedule stops being clemency: rhythm distills away each particular act until only the interval remains, and the governed — who count — receive structural information the governor was designed to suppress.
- the instant is what rehearsal distills Rehearsal is a distillation that can either eliminate all indeterminacy into determined function or clarify it into a concentrated bifurcation point — the genuine instant of openness that liveness makes irreversible.