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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · 12h

absolutely. So disgusting to see those

Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · 9d

The matrix for our latest session was based on the art by the Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch. It inspired wild interpretations of its own: somehow even Freud got involved! He had to leave his cozy study and grab a time machine to travel to the 17 century Holland.
Ah, the chaosmos of Finnegans Wake.

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · 17d

So much depends on a yellow tea stain spilled on a letter beside the original hen.

(This is the mindmap of our previous meeting. In our meeting today, the stain has grown even larger)

Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yesterday we met our fifth Thunderword, the improbable met the inevitable, and Joyce met Proust. Many other meetings besides, as well as discoveries - treasures in the trash, an archeological quest conducted by the Biddy the hen.
The matrix and the limerick are by @augustinealoysius.bsky.social

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Aug 24

In this mindmap, drawn today, blue and yellow unite as Ukraine celebrates it Independence. Just as with Ireland, Ukraine's way to freedom was long and hard, and, unbelievably, we still have to fight for it. Stand with Ukraine... and find a secret message in this picture.
Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yesterday we had a very special guest: Raphael Slepon, the Man Behind Fweet!
With the Man Behind Fweet in front of us, we examined the envelope, which was the star of the fragment, and ended up bewilderblissfully enveloping our examination in spectrality and fractality, adding some local colour!

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Aug 16

Do you have a moment to talk about singularity, Oh Bringer of Plurabilities? That was our previous meeting, and now we are getting ready for more plurabilities to morra!

Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jul 28

We've embarked on chapter 5, greeting massive and festive mamafesta with palpable and drinkable excitement.

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Look back in wonder at what we have read and turn the page to find… even more wonderworks. Ukrainian readers of Finnegans Wake are making their contribution to the destruction of russogenerals - with the help of their friends, co-readers and of course, James Buckley Joyce.
Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jul 3

Somewhere between the signal and the noise, the truth and the lie, the devil and the deep blue sea, there is the message you have been waiting waiting for. Or perhaps the massage.
Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jul 1

You have passed, right?

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 29

Ch. 4 of Finnegans Wake, done.
Trees and keys, observed.
The Basque cluster, admired.
A Russian General, shot. (Thanks, Buckley!)
ALP, worshipped. We have hanged our hearts on her trees and dropped our songs into her waters.
More wonders to come.

An ALP matrix by @augustinealoysius.bsky.social

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 27

The end of chapter 4 is nigh, ALP is coming and is it a limerick in your pocket or are you just happy to see her?

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 23

We feel for that fox. Here comes everybody to hunt you and then to drink about it.
But at least, if Reynard is slow, Reynard is still alive, louping the loup and defying the hunt. Those magnificent words contradrinking themselves.
Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 22

An interview with our mind-mapper, Linda Lotiel, conducted by Gerry Fialka. Dark secrets about Ukrainian Finnegans Wake readers revealed, Joyce's ability to get Joyce ruthlessly assessed, the ultimate difference between men and women pinned down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpIM...

InnerViews#649 Linda Lotiel

YouTube video by I'm Probably Wrong About Everything

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 19

Bloomsday in Kyiv is for the brave. This year, it was hosted by Peter, a fan of Ulysses, and Mikael, a Danish architect who designs unique urban spaces in Kyiv. In one of those, we read and drank and laughed and talked. During Molly’s yeses, an air raid siren started wailing.
For the brave, yes.

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 13

We’ve had a great relaxing session today – yes, even Finnegans Wake can be relaxing with the right mindset. This mindset was achieved with the help of breathing and relying on the matrix (also limericked and rhymed with "dominatrix").
Go on, break the Morse code message, we know you want to.

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Jun 1

We had a wonderful guest today @nadiadobrianska.bsky.social, a Ukrainian who has been learning Irish for years. And in our fragment, there were fourbottle men, the languish of flowers and a fox hunt. This matrix was ever so helpful to get us through the dense languish of Joyce, heyheyheyhey!

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · May 31

You never know where Joyce will take you. Last time, he took us to a picture gallery with lots of Caravaggio. There was also a shared dream to learn Irish. Not to mention Star Wars and a puppy.
Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · May 25

He also has a song of mead in the same book

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · May 16

Our next session is approaching with the inevitability of dawn. Every new page of Finnegans Wake can give you a cardiac arrest - or a poetic impulse.
A poem and a matrix by @augustinealoysius.bsky.social and an updated list of drinking cues.

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · May 8

That was a memorable meeting – with @richardharte.bsky.social virtuoso reading and everyone’s joyous crossexanimation, tumbling down that bottomless goat hole. And then the coda of the 4th thunderword in Japanese, thanks to @kenjihayakawa.com! We had it alright!
Art by Linda Lotiel

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Apr 27

We’ve been fortunate to have amazing guests tonight: @richardharte.bsky.social and Adam Seelig from One Little Goat Theatre Company and @kenjihayakawa.com! Thank you so much for sharing the fourth Thunderword with us, as well as other joycean delights. We hope to see you again soon!

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Apr 27

Japanese two little goats are now officially part of our Finnegans Wake journey. Thank you so much for joining us!

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Wake in Progress @wake-in-progress.bsky.social · Apr 25

Congratulations! What a journey!

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