21 July 2008
infinite alphabets
Because I like making up games and their rules, and because I like alphabets, I have decided to start TWO new alphabet series to go along with the as-yet-unfinished photo/object series. One will be an alphabet of names, and the other will be an alphabet of anything-at-all. So if you want to read me on ANY name or topic of your choosing, send me an email (infinitethought[at]hotmail.co.uk) and I'll gradually fill in the blanks. Of course, it might be the case that no one wants to read me on anything at all, in which case I'll just fill them all in myself and no one will ever know, ha ha! I'll use first names in parenthesis alongside each request, but if you'd rather be anonymous let me know. I estimate it'll take me five months to get through both alphabets.
UPDATE: Filling up fast! Thanks all. Hopefully the blanks are obvious enough. More suggestions needed!
UPDATE 2: Blanks are filled in order of emails received. If there is crossover, the earliest suggestion will be taken.
UPDATE 3: Refinement of rules! Topics/names covered extensively on IT will be removed in favour of topics/names that IT is unlikely to have written about before. To that end, more obvious topics will remain until bold until such time as replacements are found. If no replacements are found, the topic/name will remain.
UPDATE 4: Further refinement of rules! Only one entry per alphabet per person. I will choose between them if offered multiple suggestions.
UPDATE 5: ALL SLOTS NOW FILLED! Thank you to all contributors.
Concept........................................Name
A Autonymy (Alex)..........................Antoine de Saint Exupéry (Christopher)
B Balabanov films (anon).....Thomas Bernhard (Ben)
C Coprophagia (Carl)..Martin Creed (Jon)
D Dialectic (Bat).........Theodore Dalrymple (Jay)
E Ekphrasis (Jon)...........Ethelred the Unready (China)
F First Love (Andrew)...Flintstone, Fred (Andrew)
G Goth bands of the nineties, Wilhelm Reich's influence on (Roger)..Jean-Luc Godard (Alberto)
H Historical enquires pertaining to the accurate assessment of the height [in feet and inches] of the Virgin Mary (Martin)....Hector (Hector)
I Independence (Hector)...Iggy Pop (Anon)
J Jazz (Alberto)....Jonathan Meades (John)
K Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Owen)...Ernest Kahane (Marc)
L Love (Bobby)....Angela Lansbury (Tim)
M Melancholy (Helen)........Octave Mirbeau (Andy)
N Noddy and his relation to Marxism (David).......Vladimir Nabokov (Carl)
O Ogopogo (China).......José Ortega y Gasset (Bat)
P Participation (Mark).........................Perfect Pig (David)
Q Qualia (Karim)....................Raymond Queneau (Dominic)
R Reflexology (Tim)................Richard (Richard)
S Sentimentality (Marc)........................Britney Spears (Roger)
T Theopoiesis (Jay)......Valentina Tereshkova (Martin)
U Utopia (Angus).....Midge Ure (Owen)
V Very Cold Weather (Brian)....Vy (Jeff)
W Women Surrealists (Andy)....Scott Walker (Brian)
X xenodocheionology (Andrew)...Charles Francis Xavier (David)
Y You (Zane)....Yves Klein (Helen)
Z Zoos: animal prisons or breeding grounds for dissent? (Martin)....Louis Zukofsky (Karim)
UPDATE: Filling up fast! Thanks all. Hopefully the blanks are obvious enough. More suggestions needed!
UPDATE 2: Blanks are filled in order of emails received. If there is crossover, the earliest suggestion will be taken.
UPDATE 3: Refinement of rules! Topics/names covered extensively on IT will be removed in favour of topics/names that IT is unlikely to have written about before. To that end, more obvious topics will remain until bold until such time as replacements are found. If no replacements are found, the topic/name will remain.
UPDATE 4: Further refinement of rules! Only one entry per alphabet per person. I will choose between them if offered multiple suggestions.
UPDATE 5: ALL SLOTS NOW FILLED! Thank you to all contributors.
Concept........................................Name
A Autonymy (Alex)..........................Antoine de Saint Exupéry (Christopher)
B Balabanov films (anon).....Thomas Bernhard (Ben)
C Coprophagia (Carl)..Martin Creed (Jon)
D Dialectic (Bat).........Theodore Dalrymple (Jay)
E Ekphrasis (Jon)...........Ethelred the Unready (China)
F First Love (Andrew)...Flintstone, Fred (Andrew)
G Goth bands of the nineties, Wilhelm Reich's influence on (Roger)..Jean-Luc Godard (Alberto)
H Historical enquires pertaining to the accurate assessment of the height [in feet and inches] of the Virgin Mary (Martin)....Hector (Hector)
I Independence (Hector)...Iggy Pop (Anon)
J Jazz (Alberto)....Jonathan Meades (John)
K Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Owen)...Ernest Kahane (Marc)
L Love (Bobby)....Angela Lansbury (Tim)
M Melancholy (Helen)........Octave Mirbeau (Andy)
N Noddy and his relation to Marxism (David).......Vladimir Nabokov (Carl)
O Ogopogo (China).......José Ortega y Gasset (Bat)
P Participation (Mark).........................Perfect Pig (David)
Q Qualia (Karim)....................Raymond Queneau (Dominic)
R Reflexology (Tim)................Richard (Richard)
S Sentimentality (Marc)........................Britney Spears (Roger)
T Theopoiesis (Jay)......Valentina Tereshkova (Martin)
U Utopia (Angus).....Midge Ure (Owen)
V Very Cold Weather (Brian)....Vy (Jeff)
W Women Surrealists (Andy)....Scott Walker (Brian)
X xenodocheionology (Andrew)...Charles Francis Xavier (David)
Y You (Zane)....Yves Klein (Helen)
Z Zoos: animal prisons or breeding grounds for dissent? (Martin)....Louis Zukofsky (Karim)
