Is Spalding Gray Finally Swimming to Cambodia?
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Barlow on Spalding Gray: "Is he finally
swimming to Cambodia?"
Barlow on Spalding Gray: "Is he finally
swimming to Cambodia?"
01/17/2004 10:57 PMJohn Perry Barlow, a friend
of missing monologist
Spalding Gray, writes:
I try to imagine him actually attempting a swim to
Cambodia. I see him swan-diving from the rail of the Staten Island
Ferry late Saturday night when he disappeared, rounding Sandy Hook by
dawn, and turning south for Cape Horn. He'd be well past the mouth of
the Delaware by now, strong swimmer that he is. What a great monologue
this is going to make. Or not. Spalding inhabits a magical reality
where such feats might actually be possible, but there is something
about the current state of New York Harbor that seems adamantly unfit
for human survival. In my less magical reality, it's easier to see him
beneath all that black water.
Still, it seems premature to write one of those eulogies that I all
too often compose for my closest friends. Part of me thinks I should
be out there looking for him rather than writing this. Perhaps, I
think, he just went out on one of his famous walks, walks that I
shared for many droll miles. Perhaps he was hit by a cab and is lying
comatose and unidentified in one of this perilous island's anonymous
hospitals. He left his wallet and ID at his loft and would thus have
been taken for another homeless drifter, as he frequently was. He
could be holed up somewhere, waiting for his mood to pass. But he
hates (or hated) to be alone. Neither seems likely, but where there's
no proof, there remains hope, however unrealistic. What is grief
without finality? A terrible confusion and an opportunity to celebrate
what one might still have.
LinkSpalding Gray, remembered in comments
Spalding Gray, remembered in comments
02/13/2004 01:12 PM It's one of those little mysteries of the Web, but a one-line blog
entry of mine that does nothing but point to John Perry Barlow's
moving memory of Spalding Gray has accreted a set of stories and
tributes on my comment board that is quite remarkable....
Actor Spalding Gray found dead
Actor Spalding Gray found dead
03/08/2004 11:23 PMDental records confirm a body found in a New York City river is that
of missing US actor Spalding Gray.
John Perry Barlow on Spalding Gray
John Perry Barlow on Spalding Gray
01/17/2004 10:43 PM A sad, funny, beautiful response to Spalding Gray's absence....
Spalding Gray Memorial at Lincoln Center
on April 13
Spalding Gray Memorial at Lincoln Center
on April 13
04/09/2004 04:01 PMI was not surprised to learn last Sunday that the castaway husk of
Spalding Gray had surfaced in the East River. We had been told by the
NYPD that those who sink in New York Harbor during wintertime will
rise again come spring. While I felt certain that Spalding had gone
for his last swim on January 10, some others regarded my efforts to
eulogize him as cruelly premature and tasteless. Their remonstrances,
posted here and in personal messages to me, were often pretty cruel
themselves. It's been hard. But it was also true that, in the absence
of undeniable evidence, his widow Kathie couldn't guarantee his young
sons Theo and Forrest that their dad would never, ever come moping
back up the driveway. Indeed, given the dogged nature of hope, she
couldn't utterly extinguish that vision from her own heart. As long as
it flickered there, we had to await the opportunity to gather in our
grief and celebrate him. Now we can. Of course, you've already begun
that process virtually. Since Sunday, there has been an extraordinary
stream of memorial comments posted to this blog. I have received as
many more e-mails filled with the spreading contagion of his honesty
and raconteur's genius for investing ordinary details with more
universal magic. Having him watched him button-hole strangers for
years, I'm not quite surprised by how many of you have turned up with
vividly personal memories of Spalding. That he was able to weave his
quirky voice and viewpoint so discernibly into your own during those
encounters seems proof that the soul is not so easily contained by its
original bottle of flesh. Though widely distributed, it almost feels
as if there's more of Spalding in the world now than there was when he
was still walking around muttering to himself. But funerals need
bodies, the living as much as the dead. It's important to embrace
those who share our loss with actual arms, to shed real tears on real
shoulders, to praise the departed with audible voices. To that end,
there will be a memorial celebration for Spalding at Lincoln Center on
April 13. It will be open to the public and will feature performances
and reminiscences by many of his friends, including Philip Glass and
Lou Reed. I'll let you know more about this event as plans develop.
Meanwhile, I am still collecting your postings and e-mails into a book
I will give his family. It already provides beautiful evidence that
Spalding was himself the source of many Perfect Moments and that,
however grim the end of his life, he leaves a legacy of joyous truth
to his sons. In one of the comments to my original post regarding his
regarding his disappearance, one of you quoted some lines from the
Dylan Thomas poem, "And Death Shall Have No Dominion." It felt so
uncannily appropriate that I want to post it here in its entirety.
Death doesn't have Spalding Gray. We do. And death shall have no
dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the man in the wind
and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean
bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go
mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall
rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have
no dominion. And death shall have no dominion. Under the windings of
the sea They lying long shall not die windily; Twisting on racks when
sinews give way, Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; Faith
in their hands shall snap in two, And the unicorn evils run them
through; Split all ends up they shan't crack; And death shall have no
dominion. And death shall have no dominion. No more may gulls cry at
their ears Or waves break loud on the seashores; Where blew a flower
may a flower no more Lift its head to the blows of the rain; Though
they be mad and dead as nails, Heads of the characters hammer through
daisies; Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall
have no dominion....
Spalding Gray, 62, Actor and
Monologuist, Is Confirmed Dead
Spalding Gray, 62, Actor and
Monologuist, Is Confirmed Dead
03/08/2004 11:12 PMMr. Gray's body was pulled from the East River near Greenpoint,
Brooklyn, on Sunday and was identified by the city medical examiner on
Monday.
Missing Actor Spalding Gray Found Dead
(AP)
Missing Actor Spalding Gray Found Dead
(AP)
03/08/2004 11:10 PMAP - Actor-writer Spalding Gray, who laid bare his life and mingled
performance art with comedy in acclaimed monologues like "Swimming to
Cambodia," was found dead over the weekend, two months after he walked
out of his Manhattan apartment and disappeared. He was 62.
JustOneMinute: Swimming To Cambodia
JustOneMinute: Swimming To Cambodia
08/09/2004 02:31 AMalready posted .. Tom Maguire ..
Cambodia
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In Gray Matter's Gray Zone: Mutations
Show Brain's Growth
In Gray Matter's Gray Zone: Mutations
Show Brain's Growth
04/19/2004 05:41 PMScientists studying brains with congenital malformations say they
provide important clues to how the human brain evolved.
just keep swimming just keep swimming
just keep swimming just keep swimming
11/16/2003 02:36 AM His
name is Jean-Michel Cousteau! [dramatic chords] His father's name
was
Jack
something, and like his father, Jean-Michel believes by working on
things like
Finding Nemo he,
"can reach a far larger audience through entertainment in
popular media than through innumerable press
conferences, summits and reports. That is not to say that prestigious
conferences and notable studies are irrelevant. They are critically
necessary to validate the condition of the
world’s oceans and bring opinion
leaders together to share ideas and shape the collective political<
/a> will." With this new
sea-lebrity (haha! get it?),
he hopes to
help young people change the world. ...Well I just
thought that was like totally rad and wanted to share with the virtual
blue.
"Swimming Through the Spin"
"Swimming Through the Spin"
09/04/2004 02:46 AMSwimming Against the Tide
Swimming Against the Tide
02/01/2005 10:06 PM
"Clissold Swimming..."
"Clissold Swimming..."
12/19/2004 03:20 PMNo Swimming Off Pier 1
No Swimming Off Pier 1
04/08/2005 03:41 PMPier 1 caps off a difficult year. Be careful diving into these
dangerous waters.
Signs Going Up After Md. Sewage Swimming
(AP)
Signs Going Up After Md. Sewage Swimming
(AP)
07/25/2004 07:20 PMAP - Many large signs are expected to be put up by a creek in
Edgewater after residents complained that they swam in it not knowing
it was contaminated with raw sewage.
Non-reciprocal Swimming Nanobots
Non-reciprocal Swimming Nanobots
08/11/2004 08:38 PMA brief MIT
Technology news item mentions a solution to the problem of making
nanoscale machines that can swim in a fluid. The problem is that at
the
scale of nanotechnology, the effects of turbulence in water disappear,
and any type of swimming robot that relies on traditional reciprocal
motion can't move. Iranian researchers Ali Najafi and Ramin
Golestanian,
have come up with a novel
method of propeling nano-sized robots in a fluid. The tiny robots
consist of three rigid spheres linked by rods. A non-reciprocal,
four-step periodic motion of the spheres moves the nanobot through the
fluid. A more detailed explanation of the process can be found in a
recent Physical Review
Focus article and an animation
of the motion is also available. At present only simulations have
been done but it should be possible to build practical, molecule-sized
swimming robots using this technique within a decade.
The Value of Gray
The Value of Gray
03/19/2003 10:24 PM I wish that Bush were strong enough to admit ambivalence. But he's
not. He has the courage granted by a big rare-wood desk....
CDC Pushing for Cleaner Swimming Pools
(AP)
CDC Pushing for Cleaner Swimming Pools
(AP)
07/31/2004 04:04 AMAP - Seeing diaper-clad infants in her neighborhood swimming pool
without protective rubber pants led Karen Byers to search for a new
place to take a dip.
Open Source: Swimming with the Tide
Open Source: Swimming with the Tide
02/10/2004 03:01 AM"Swimming in syrup is as easy as water"
"Swimming in syrup is as easy as water"
09/24/2004 08:07 PMSwimming in syrup is as easy as water
Swimming in syrup is as easy as water
09/25/2004 01:30 AMnature.com/news/2004/040920/full/040920-2.html
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pink champagne and swimming pools
pink champagne and swimming pools
06/24/2005 03:00 PMBack when I installed Debian, I backed up my entire old /home
directory into /home/oldmachine/ and promised myself I'd get...
Swimming through the Spin: AP Bias
strikes again
Swimming through the Spin: AP Bias
strikes again
09/03/2004 07:55 PMSwimming through the spin .. blogospheric buzz .. MADE-UP BOOS ..
Here’s
spinswimming.blogspot.com/2004/09/ap-bias-strikes-again
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Swimming: Phelps sets new mark
Swimming: Phelps sets new mark
07/08/2004 02:13 AMAmerican Michael Phelps breaks his own 400m individual medley world
record at the US Olympic swimming trials.
Only You Can Prevent Gray Goo
Only You Can Prevent Gray Goo
06/16/2004 11:58 AM
On Monday, I
posted about nanotechnology pioneer Eric Drexler speaking out
against the fear of "gray goo," out-of-control nano-machines. That
reminded our dear old pal
Jim
Leftwich (AKA Ward Parkway) of this masterpiece he designed circa
1995. It was a continuation of the Urban Absurdist Survival Kit series
from the
Happy Mutant Handbook.
Link (to
higher-res image)
Wis. Village Swimming Pool Springs Leak
(AP)
Wis. Village Swimming Pool Springs Leak
(AP)
06/22/2004 10:24 PMAP - Just when the hot-weather season is finally arriving in
Wisconsin, the village swimming pool has sprung a leak — to the
tune of 35,000 gallons a day.
Australian swimming stars to put their
feet up (Reuters)
Australian swimming stars to put their
feet up (Reuters)
08/12/2004 04:31 AMReuters - Australia's swimming stars Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett are
to put their feet up -- on doctor's orders.
Cambodia QTVRs
Cambodia QTVRs
01/27/2004 05:17 PMPhotographer and QTVR enthusiast Peter Murphy says:
I shot a few panoramas for my blog when I was in Cambodia
last week. This shows the
controversial wax works diorama at the Cambodian Cultural Village
theme park in Siem Riep - where the UN period of Cambodian history is
summarised in a scene of a UN soldier with a bar girl. Also there is
this panorama I shot
from a balloon 200m above the Angkor plain.
Art from old weapons in Cambodia
Art from old weapons in Cambodia
12/26/2004 04:44 PM
Xeni Jardin:
Organizers of
Peace
Art Project Cambodia describe their venture's three main goals:
"Introducing Young Cambodian Artists to new artistic methodology and
materials and training them in metalwork skills, producing, exhibiting
and selling sculpture made from de-commissioned weapons & promoting a
Weapon-Free Society and Young Cambodian Artists in Cambodia and
internationally... These sculptures are political art at its most
powerful - relics of a violent past transformed into expressions of
hope for a more peaceful future."
Link
(
Thanks, Reevo)
The Gray Box: Kitchen conversations
The Gray Box: Kitchen conversations
06/17/2005 06:30 PMAt some point, it occurred to me that the frequent kitchen
conversations I was having with my wife River about tech were better
than many podcasts I've heard. So, I'm recording and releasing them as
a new podcast, The Gray...
Fields do not have gray background on
one PC
Fields do not have gray background on
one PC
04/14/2004 11:50 AMCAD Forum Apr 14 2004 3:34PM GMT
Internet Dating Goes Gray
Internet Dating Goes Gray
05/19/2004 01:35 AMLos Angeles Times May 19 2004 5:58AM GMT
Iraq: Into the Gray-Zone
Iraq: Into the Gray-Zone
01/16/2004 11:32 AMThe US military is still talking about Baathist holdouts as the
problem in Iraq. I see something different: a civil war in
the making. Lots of old scores to settle. Lots of money
(read Oil) and power at stake. Years of repression to
redress.
There are so many fault lines in Iraq that it will be impossible
for the US to differentiate between friends from enemies. This
is a gray-zone.It is something that the US military (and our
leadership) has historically had severe problems with.
In the gray-zone of Iraq, good and evil are terms that get you
into trouble.
The Portrait of Joho Gray
The Portrait of Joho Gray
01/09/2004 09:53 PMBoingBoing pointed to a site that PhotoShopped celebrities into old
age and zithood. Since I have on occasion been cruel about celebrity
faces, I thought it only fair that I PhotoShop my own visage to see
what I might look like at the decrepit age of, oh, I don't know, 53:
1972 college yearbook 30 years later (artist's rendition) (The
depressing thing is that despite using every deformation I know of in
PaintShop 8, this picture still has aged better than I have.)...
Paris promises swimming at city beach
(Reuters)
Paris promises swimming at city beach
(Reuters)
07/02/2004 05:18 AMReuters - It's got palm trees, deck chairs, and sand -- and at long
last, Paris' city centre
beach is now going to offer people a place to bathe.
Olympics-Swimming Superpowers in Pool
Duel to Savor
Olympics-Swimming Superpowers in Pool
Duel to Savor
08/15/2004 04:23 AMReuters via Wired News Aug 15 2004 7:46AM GMT
Swimming: Phelps Wins a Classic Then
Steps Aside (Reuters)
Swimming: Phelps Wins a Classic Then
Steps Aside (Reuters)
08/21/2004 09:20 AMReuters - Michael Phelps, who thrilled packed
crowds for a week with his record-breaking feats in the pool,
bowed out in true style on the penultimate evening of the
Athens Olympic swimming competition.
Texas couple swimming in $7.7m water
bill (Reuters)
Texas couple swimming in $7.7m water
bill (Reuters)
01/09/2004 09:55 PMReuters - A Texas couple needed a drink after they got a water bill
for $7,714,510.21 (4.2 million
pounds) instead of the usual $50 or $60.
Live Croc Found in Australia Swimming
Pool (AP)
Live Croc Found in Australia Swimming
Pool (AP)
02/01/2005 09:23 PMAP - The skills of Crocodile Dundee were not needed. The reptile was
placid and sick, but in the wrong place.
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