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PHASE RESET (2021) - R34L, MARK PISTEL
Phase Reset
out of phase
out of phase
out of phase
So it seems
sometimes I cry when i’m happy
run when my legs feel like rags
out of phase
out of phase
out of phase
So it seems
sometimes, sometimes
sometimes I feel like a lightning bug
hauling the sun on my back
sometimes I crack
Like an icy path
under the weight
of my own tracks
sometimes, sometimes, sometimes
out of phase
sometimes sometimes sometimes
out of phase
sometimes, sometimes
And then sometimes
we reset
Chaos Game
pyramid
bubble bath
rainbow thunder
orange jam
eggshell on display
striped suit
chugging train
ever interval
every quick rotation
up and down
tennis ball
everyone’s occasion
in a gust of wind
spinning aberration
up and down
swings a plane
in a noir narration
chaos game, chaos game
a trick of light, an iridescent fog
while you stand by
standing at the edge of the flood
skyscraper
bumble bee
rocking table
orange tree
seashell
on display
striped suit
chugging train
a trick of light, an iridescent fog
while you stand by
standing at the edge of the chaos game
chase game
shark tooth, mouse track, waterfall
shopping mall, soda spray, spider sack
open sail, rusted nail, rubberband
cupped hand, marble mine, sour lime,
quail egg, hurricane, striped suit, chugging train
chaos game, chaos game
Scatter
certainty
flies away from me
circuitry
waves hungering
to be
to be
and I’ll pass the day
staring sideways
to breath and I’m
intertwined
tumbling
cascades
certainty
flies away from me
another ride
another sigh
you repeater
another ride
another Sight
you receiver
to be
and I’ll pass the day
staring sideways
to breath and I’m
intertwined
tumbling
cascades
certainty
flies away from me
Who’s the Surfer
folded
four dimensions
pretty package
growing information
little voyage
collapse
collapse into
into you, into you, into you
collapse
method
some experience dark observer
question
what’s the wave and who’s the surfer
lesson
number it and call it lemon
listen…
collapse into
into you, into you, into you
collapse
folded
four dimensions
pretty package
growing information
little voyage
To Let Go
climb
combine
I’m a wave
I’m a surfer
I’m afraid
I’m a wave
I’m a surfer
I’m a phase
To let go
To let go
one two let go
of the way that you came
and where you go
to let go, to let go
of the way that we came
and where we’ll go
to let go, to let go
of the way that we came
and then in tow to let go
like a wave
climb
combine
I’m a wave
I’m a surfer
I’m a phase
WHAT IS (2019) - R34L
Anim8
a shimmer and a glow
in all these animations
and which way do i go?
a chorus of vibrations
I didn’t Know my head
and then I fell into a white room
I told you and you told me
not to listen to the feeling cries
dive into a silver stew
swim into a twisted why
you climb and climb
and winding through
the bolts & glue & cubes
that fill your eyes
your wandering eyes
that dance out
why though all your do
reach out
knew i need—
everyone stops you uncertain
Wake UP
words chose from outward space
signs flying through your mind
tears pass across your face
Time didn’t hesitate
ttill thoughts escape your stare
Pave colors in the air
oh what do you know by now
What did you ever see
who did you think you’d be
going down…you sing
I dont need the time
time didn’t hesitate
to wait for all the things
you fought for
I don’t give a damn
what you could not shut out
the sight of form
never going to take me
never going to wake up
from this dream I’m seeing
an endless rush of being
never going to wake up from this dream
never going to Take me
never going to wake up from this dream
I’m seeing
never going to wake up from this dream
ALL Ears
I was all ears from the day you said my name
I counted years
too late to behave
as every day day moves faster than the last…
with every chase a worry drags you back…
oh I’m digging a hole to no end
I know in my soul it’s pretend
holding the rope to descend
I’ll wander this dream until then…
all to slow we fade, the day un-paves
I never knew our way
was maybe the same
all of our windows face a single light
face a single light
warm rays of love
erase a doubt in mind
I’m digging a hole to no end
know in my soul it’s pretend…
I’m holding the rope to descend
I’ll wander this dream until then…
let’s wander real slow until then
let’s wander real slow until the end
Undone
do you see
behind
closed eyes?
I am standing next to you
folding down
rooted heart
go on
cry out
kiss—you're shivering
where you run
I will follow you there
wave to you bare, undone
where you go
I'll unglue you, undone
no sleep no release, undone
I am tearing through wires of mud
a virus of
love undone
hold your head in the palm of my hand
I'm trying to stand
without a plan
carry on in the dead of the night
alive in the fire
without a plan
carry on
we're circling light
carry on
carry on
and if I wave goodbye
to the images that divide my eyes
if I say I will see without
a see-er
I will be here
I will be
I will be here
but if the spool unravels
In tangles
how can I tell
which end is
My handle
and when the dark goes deeper
my candle—
how can I only—
tell me—
no leader
Hellow
where am I
while you wander
the ground won’t answer
why?
call for a line
a tether to another
then do you feel the wind?
quiet.
will we spin in space until the day
[what time were you born?]
what our fears drift away
how—
[what time were you born?]
—will we sway in space or will we fall?
nothing can guide us but love
[hello?]
I was born in the caves of the dogs
trickled down through the maze of our thoughts
[what time were you born?]
I was born through the haze
just a blink in the fast expanding place
Sleep Games
little tangled wires
Beads along a string
Blinded we’re trembling
Black bag of diamonds
not quite what they seem
Light shadow
and then a drop is but a flower
there for a week and then
the belly of a deer and then
the well below the pier and
air and air and Air and
in your glass I see it appear in
little tangled wires
beats along a street
Flying in company
Clouds
fade into…
creatures…walk the earth
Fade into….
you hold my head up on the clouds
fade into…
dark…
perceptions…
race through…
space…
inceptions…
you hold my head up and on the clouds
dig or you will be dug up
push or you will be pulled over
Peakaboo
faster than the sky
throws a yellow ball
across my eyes
it’s quicker than the fox following
the heaving breath of the mellow pale blind old mouse
carrying his weight in dirty handfuls
hurry man there’s a wave
coming your way
and I will sing
sing to the angels of strangers
faces in a dream
as they visit and quickly recede
into the whole of me
written in history
louder than the crack
of the hollow tree
against the quiet night
thirty flocks go by
the fireworks of fighting arms
and feathers by and by
carrying the weight on their shoulders
singing sweet lullabies
faster than the sky
throws a yellow ball
across my eyes
quicker than the fox following the faces
as they visit
[hurry man there’s a wave]
AH.E.I.O.You
by day
all of you
all of you hear it
[listen listen]
every interlude we sip it slow
every little bend and articulation
every little break and anticipation
did I hear you speak or did the words just come from—
just a whistle carried by the breeze
just a whistle brought me to my knees
by day
all of you
all of you hear it
[listen listen]
every Little break and anticipation
every little break every little patience
[all of our windows converge…into a shifting room]
Push to Ten
one room
one room that you came from
one light burns low…
Although you wept to the sound
one light like your song
Leads me on
over when the day—
over when the day—
you don’t notice—
notice all the same things
what are your thoughts?
do you ever need—
by [buy] your fire
piece [peace] or more?
what do you want
Are You Real
run
you can’t
you can’t run
you can’t run from time
who are you now?
who are you now?
you can’t run from time.
all I ever wanted was another day
all I ever needed was someone to say
you can’t run from time.
are you one
are you here
are you real
are you now
are you one
are you here
are you now
are you here
[You can’t run from time]
Possibility
possibility
an origami Chimera
…the scientist was right…
do you understand what you are?
trust me
trust me
TRUST ME
[get footage of Reese Witherspoon]
gone
[three and a half billion people]
What is forever?
trust me
trust me, there is only love (translated - multiple languages)
[there is no time]
trust me
[there is no time]
is it important?
do I even know what green is?
Are you hungry?
do you understand what you are?
trust me
a glass room sailing
trust me
nothing is here