17.2.14

on taxonomy



"I am not the first researcher to draw inspiration from a 'certain Chinese encyclopedia' described by Borges. According to this arcane work 'animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a very fine camel's hair brush, (l) et cetera, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that at distance resemble flies"

Geoff Dyers's introduction of The ongoing moment

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