HOLZER’S TWITTERINGS

SO FROM THE ARTIST THAT EXPRESSED “USE WHAT IS DOMINANT IN A CULTURE TO CHANGE IT QUICKLY” COMES JENNY HOLZER’S TWITTER PAGE. ONE OF HER RECENT ENTRIES IS:

“DECENCY IS A RELATIVE THING 01:17 AM January 28, 2008 from web”

WHICH IS SUBTLE BUT I’D LIKE TO THINK MEANS SOME PEOPLE WILL PUT UP WITH A LOT OF RUDENESS WHILE OTHER’S WON’T. NOW I CAN’T HELP THINKING - HEY - ISN’T THIS TWITTER POST FROM HER TRUISMS (1978-1983)? IS THIS ANOTHER LAYER OF MEANING OR JUST ANOTHER MEDIUM BEING EXPLORED?

THEN I’M THINKING - HEY - WHERE ARE THE TEXT MESSAGE POSTS? IF THE TRUISMS ARE TO BE PROPAGATED THROUGH TWITTER AND CELL PHONES DON’T THEY NEED TO BE RE-CAST AS TXT MSG SHORTHAND? I MEAN LOOKING AT ONE LISTING YOU CAN SEE STUFF LIKE:

BPLM - BIG PERSON LITTLE MIND

CRTLA - CAN’T REMEMBER THE THREE-LETTER ACRONYM

CUOL - SEE YOU ON-LINE

DWWWI - SURFING THE WEB WHILE INTOXICATED

WHICH COMPLETELY MAKES ME THINK OF SIMILAR SHORTHAND FOR THE TRUISMS. I MEAN IF OFFENSIVE GREETINGS, OBSCURE REFERENCES, GEEKY SNARK, MISOGYNIST QUIPS AND FAMILIAR PHRASES CAN BE TXT MSG-IZED CAN’T CREATIVE WORKS? I’D LIKE TO SEE SOME TWITTER POSTS LIKE:

PMFWIW - PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT

MANMBN - MEN ARE NOT MONOGAMOUS BY NATURE

AOPCANS - ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

WHICH WOULD BE COOL; OBSCURE, TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL, AND PORTED TO THE WIRELESS TWITTER-BOUND PHASE OF WE STILL DIDN’T KNOW HOW MUCH TO SHARE AT THAT POINT. AND TO CLOSE THE POST, YES I LIKE LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE DIG HOLZER BUT WRITING THIS UNLEASHES THE NEED TO APHORIZE.

JUADLAM - BMYDCT!

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