Smug face from Small World by The Young Lions

thing to do was to keep your eyes wide open and look at something, concentrate on some object, look hard at it. i raised myself on my pillow and leaned towards the desk and stared fixedly at the small plaster bust of Shakespeare that i had carried about with me for many years in all the places i had been and always been able to hang on to and never lose or forget or leave behind or have to pawn or sell. maybe i could regain control by trying to recall the other desks and dressers, the bureaus and bookcases, the tables and nightstands, the armoires and shelves the little bust had dominated in its time. it was a complacent smug little face and probably looked no more like Shakespeare than i did or indeed not as much, but i was fond of it. i closed my eyes and laid back on the pillow to test. thing to do was to keep your eyes wide open.

• Experimental
• alternative
• electro-acoustic
• post-experimental
• speculative
• ultra