I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LEE LOZANO
(HENCE THE CAPS)
SPECIFICALLY HER DIALOGUE PIECE
(STARTED APRIL 21, 1969)
WRITE-UP, JUNE 12, 1969
HERE IT IS:
(NOTE THE PLACE OF DIALOGUE; IT MAY BECOME SIGNIFICANT LATER)
DIALOGUE PIECE HAS ALTERNATIVE TITLE: VERBALL
AS LOZANO WROTE IN A NOTE
IN VERSION IN HER NOTEBOOK
“DEFINITION OF “DIALOGUE” REMAINS OPEN VERBALL GIVES SOME INDICATION.
HERE IT IS (ALONG THE LEFT MARGIN):
LOZANO LIKED TO USE THE VERB “TO BALL”
E.G. IN MASTURBATION INVESTIGATION
(APRIL 3-4, 1969)
WRITE-UP SEPT. 20, 1970
LOZANO WRITES:
APR.3: MASTURBATION TO FANTASIES: BALLING SPECIFIC HUMANS, THEN IMAGINARY HUMANS
THEN IN A NOTE TO THE WORD “CARROT” (IN SECTION ON OBJECTS)
“* IT WAS A SEXY CARROT & BEING ORGANIC, WORKED BEST OF ALL THE OBJECTS USED. BUT BALLIN WITH OBJECTS IS THE ABYSS”
SO, BACK TO VERBALL
RAISES THE QUESTIONS
WAS SEX PART OF LOZANO’S DIALOGUE PIECE?
OR
WHAT PART DID SEX PLAY IN LOZANO’S VERBALL
NOTE THE EPIGRAPH:
“IT WAS A CONGENIAL MEETING & WAS ONLY OCCASIONALLY BROKEN BY SMALL FARTS….” SCREW, THE WEEKLY SEX REVIEW
PERHAPS IN MOMENTS OF WORDLESS DIALOGUE?
E.G. “DEC 5, 69: ERIC, A STUDENT, COMES BY WITH KALTENBACH & THE DIALOGUE IS MOSTLY NON-VERBAL”
PERHAPS IN EXPRESSIONS OF PLEASURE OF DIALOGUE?
E.G. “DEC 8, 69: ED SHOSTAK, AN OLD FRIEND, GIVES A VERY GENEROUS AND HIGH-INFO DIALOGUE WHICH I ENJOYED”
PERHAPS IN THE BASIC SHARED ECONOMY OF DIALOGUE AND (SOME FORMS OF) SEX
I WAS JUST IN THE WEXNER STORE
SAW SOME BOOKS ON LOZANO
LOOKS AT A BOOK ON HER DRAWINGS
FOUND THIS SECTION FROM HER NOTEBOOKS
LIKE THE TITLE: “WHICH ONE ARE YOU?”
FOUND THIS SECTION:
QUESTION:
WHAT WOULD PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM READ LIKE IF WRITTEN BY LEE LOZANO?
WHAT KIND OF “ADVANCED INFORMATION” WOULD IT ADD TO PLATO’S DISCUSSION OF EROS AND THE TWO?