Monday, 26 September 2011

Mercury and Uranus Share a Joke

My partner makes me laugh – a lot. He has Mercury, the trickster, and Uranus, an even zanier fellow, conjunct on his Ascendant. Today he sent me two emails.



The first contained a link to the Tate gallery in London. To get it click here.

The second contained this message (which I feel may have a significant impact on our relationship.)

"From now on the glass of water on my bedside table will be called:Run Rabbit/Pelican Crossing 
Analysing the spatial and metatextual connections between a 1942 NAAFI barndance in Bedford and contemporary pedestrian management systems.This work can only properly be experienced by me when I am asleep. 
A 340-page manifesto and manual accompanies the pieceSold to Charles Saatchi for £93747364."


12 comments:

  1. from now on

    the ring around my bath will be known as

    Princess Diana and the Quest for Imperfection

    Towards a greater understanding of contemporary theories of gender-related grape peeling.

    that'll be a million pounds please Mr Saatchi

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  2. from now on

    my dog's bowl will be known as

    That'll Be A Million Pounds Please Mr Saatchi

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  3. From now on

    my kitchen sink will be known as

    Trip to Venus

    Exploring the discourse between household objects and the inner planets on a post-Jungian model

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  4. ho ho - gosh I can feel a group exhibition coming on

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  5. Libra Sun: is this glass full or empty?

    Aries Eris: are you kidding me, where`s the damned tap

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  6. Ah yes, transubstantiation. Your partner obviously excels at this.

    Love it. I think planets rising are always quite interesting and very influential. They can also be quite telling.

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  7. @saturnjourney - hee hee. skating over the current eris pop saturn - yikes.

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  8. LOL

    My Merc/Uranus used to take great delight in defending these kind of works of art in aesthetics/h of a classes. And then sitting back and watching the ensuing mayhem. Oh happy days :)

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  9. I've tried to find the point for years - but Marcel Duchamp did it all 100 years ago and it didn't need saying again.

    Now I feel a swell of such deep boredom rise up when I see some of this stuff in a gallery…

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  10. From now on

    Tuesday will be known as purple

    Finding meaning in an increasingly narrow gyre of fatalistic commitment-oriented tension

    please can I be part of the exhibition

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  11. Great you get to laugh together. I'm not surprised your partner has strong uranus/merc. Now I'm wondering what got him to send those emails in first place!

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  12. @Sabrina - sshhh, don't tell anyone, but I think he was procrastinating.

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