Palimpsest I

Palimpsest, is a refined if not short-lived little noun with origins in Greece.

The definition of this splendiferous word is

'A Parchment or the like from which writing has been partially
or completely erased to make room for another text.'

Every writers got a bevy of these lying around the bat-cave,

or laboratory or wherever the hell it is they attend to the gentle madness that we all coax.

There's a certain romantic aspect to the construction of a palimpsest,

considering that its creation is often by accident or due to the fact that you've run out of paper or money to by paper and turn to beautifully desperate measures.

Late last night,
I began experimenting with generating short passages, erasing portions, adding new content and then layering the leftover material with aimlessly compiled visuals in order to computer generate a sort of deliberate palimpsest.

Here is the the byproduct of that JPEG-puzzling and sentence-fiddling.

I'm not sure really what the context of this all is,

or if by the standards and formalities of classification should or could even be labeled art

in the true sense of the word?

But whatever its purpose be...

I trust that you will
Observe. Digest. Move on and maybe if time permits, bust a funky move.

A few more thoughts...

Though I realize I have not obtained written permission

to splice these possibly licensed images in the fashion that I have,

thus creating 'derivative works,'

I must insist that all artwork is essentially derivative in nature,
and I am in no shape or form profitting from said works.

I take no credit for the creation of the featured artwork.

In fact, when you think about it I'm essentially doing free P.R. work
and taking strange but calculated efforts to expose the material...

I'm pretty sure I've convinced myself...

What about you?