1. In 1991 I wrote critical notes on the nature of The Poet: “I have a fixation with a poem’s disgrace.”
2. I recorded myself reading from these notes.
3. Soon after, while the audio track played, I had myself video-taped leaping into a corner.
4. I was to present the video to an audience at the Bijou Theater at CalArts.
5. Just prior to the screening, I previewed the video to a friend who told me, rather severely, that I mispronounced a key term: Polyphony. I uttered “poly-phone-ee.” The correct pronunciation is pa-l-f’a-nee.
6. Panic-stricken, I immediately told the projectionist to mute the audio. ...