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metamorphosis that of becog... Nietzsche has writtenmagnificently of.<br />

the vital illusion not of the 'worlds beyond' butof the illusion of.<br />

appearances of the forms of becog of the veiland indeed all the veils.<br />

which happily protects us from theobjective illusion the illusion of.<br />

truth... Needless to say thistransvaluation... has not taken place. except<br />

precisely in theopposite sense... A transvaluation folding in upon. itself<br />

towards anondifferentiation a nondistinction of values itself. fetishized<br />

inan aestethics of plurality of difference etc. Not any. longer<br />

afetishization of divinities great ideas or grand narratives but. ofimal<br />

differences and particles... This dedifferentiation of thehuman and. the<br />

inhuman this reabsorption of the metaphor of life intothe metastasis of.<br />

survival is effected by a progressive reduction tothe lowest common.<br />

denoator.The Crocodile was a late arrival in the story and has now<br />

been. animportant character for about a detdred years. First he was a<br />

dragonwhich. eventually became a crocodile. Perhaps the idea of a<br />

crocodilebecame firmly. established after children had been frightened<br />

by theCrocodile in Peter. Pan. The Ghost is seen occasionally<br />

still.Originally the Ghost of Judy. it is now just any old ghost.Who was<br />

Pulcinella or as he is sometimes. called Pollicinella orPulicinella His<br />

role was primarily that of a servant. as indeed wasthat of Harlequin and<br />

he was obviously a comedian. He. wore anartificial nose potbelly and<br />

hump all calculated to make. theaudience laugh and he was the mixture<br />

of jollity and cruelty wit. andstupidity just as Punch is today.The<br />

PunchTrickster concept embodies. notions of antiestablishmentarianism<br />

buffoonery and shamanism. that reflectattributes of the creative<br />

individual functioning in an. authoritarianethos the late s bucking the<br />

system inverting. valuesAssug an ubuique persona and balancing<br />

precariously on a. monocycle PunchTrickster pedals blindly into an<br />

unknown future fendingoff. unseen adversaries with an ineffectual<br />

weapon. The sculpture is. aconcretisation of a state of d or an<br />

existential predicament. It isconcerned. with delusions of grandeur and<br />

vulnerability paradox andpathos.The. Trickster as buffoon acts out a<br />

quixotic farce in ironic fashion.Ubu Roi a. precursor of the theater of<br />

cruelty the absurd. PunchUbuPuncheon. Pernille. og Mr. NelsonJUDY<br />

Where's the babyPUNCH (In a melancholy tone.) I have had. a<br />

misfortune the child wasso terrible cross I throwed it out of the.<br />

window.It is generally thought that the obsession with survival is a.<br />

logicalconsequence of life and the right to life. But most of the time.<br />

thetwo things are contradictory. Life is not a question of rights<br />

andwhat. follows on from life is not survival which is artificial<br />

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