Thursday 30 June 2022

Klaus Høeck: 'Åndelig øvelse 10' (Heptameron)


 

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mental exercise

number ten

consider the chair of

your writing desk intently

and say: there we have

a writing desk chair

it is not an

french empire chair or

a deck chair or

something as bizarre as

a safari chair – it is

real or it is really a

writing desk chair 

 

 

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now close your eyes

and imagine

how it looks

in every detail

the semicircle of the back

the faded green

velvet seat – the chair

legs as if turned

or carved out

of a fairytale

say then to yourself:

i am now imagining

my writing desk chair 

 

 

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begin now to

fantasise about

your writing desk chair

that for example it

has wings that

it flies off

at night while

you lie dreaming

about it – that it has

a deep voice etc

say then to yourself:

i am now fantasising about

my writing desk chair 

 

 

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after that draw it

as well as you can

on a piece of

typewriting paper

preferably with indian ink

but most of all with

watercolours – insert

the word ‘writing desk chair’

and add an arrow

then write at the bottom of

the drawing: i have

now depicted my

writing desk chair 

 

 

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finally settle yourself

comfortably in

your writing desk chair

and listen for a

long time to its peevish

creaking and groaning

do not as far as is possible

say anything to your

self but remain

sitting for a while and then

repeat all of mental

exercise number ten

point by point 

 

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