Rimbaud's Lost Papers

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The Shoes Make the...
a visual essay of Frederic Jameson's essay on Van Gogh’s A Pair of Boots.
Nov 25, 2025 • Rimbaud's Lost Papers
Pre-Thanksgiving Polemic
Every Thanksgiving I throw on Thanksgiving Prayer from William Burroughs’ album Dead City Radio.
Nov 24, 2025 • Rimbaud's Lost Papers
The System That is No System
Let’s say you’re traveling across a strange new land; some of the landscape is familiar and you have a good map.
Nov 1, 2025 • Rimbaud's Lost Papers
The Anarchic Principle of Creation
When we speak of creation, whether in the domain of art, of theology, or of the cosmos itself, we are inclined by habit to imagine a unity presiding…
Sep 25, 2025 • Rimbaud's Lost Papers
Apotheosis Rollercoaster
the subject places itself within the object
Aug 14, 2025 • Rimbaud's Lost Papers

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