Category Archives: Barthes

WHAT DO I (STEVE) WANT FROM THIS NARRATIVE; AND FROM THE PROCESS OF NOTATING IT; AND,FOR WHOM? A CLARIFICATION. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on June 7, 2020 by decayetude

(Writing amidsts anti-social neighbours,PIP Appeal, repeated attacks of diverticular disease, and on heavy antibiotics{again…}, but also with the writing of my trajectory in mind,I am getting really frustrated and angst-belaboured now…… [PLEASE DO NOT-DEAR TUTOR- take this personally!!! ….:) These … Continue reading →

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META POST:WHAT I WANT FROM WRITING IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on February 15, 2018 by decayetude

Why/for whom (but myself) do I write?  If it were JUST to be for myself, I would write in a private notebook; not on a public blog(however sparsely read!)……… This thought has been brought to a head, recently, by the … Continue reading →

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“EVERYTHING BECKONS US TO PERCEIVE IT”(RILKE). CURATING MY OWN BIENNIAL, CONTINUED.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on July 25, 2014 by decayetude

 

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THE NEW CENTRAL LIBARY LIVERPOOL.IMPRESSIONS,RAMBLINGS, AND MORE LINKS/INTRA-TEXTUALITIES.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 25, 2013 by decayetude

I got there.. the half new, half-renovated Liverpool Central Libary, rescued from its desuetudinous former incarnation to some slightly uncomfortable in-between land of learning and entertainment; or NO; that is aN unnecessary and un-called for binary/dialectic. That is MY libary … Continue reading →

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“THE ULTIMATE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR/DECONSTRUCTIONIST/READER-RESPONSE TEXT:)”. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on December 8, 2012 by decayetude
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