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
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!
Bold Lentil 
