Reading: "The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysion"

The Burroughs's article about "cut-up" was quite interesting, but at the same time
it is true that the idea of "cut-up" is still experimental.
By cut-up, we can create new work, regardless of any form of works, such as poem, novels,
photographs, drawings, paintings, sound, and so on.

I found Burroughs trying hard to prove his point about "cut-up" method.
He quatates a number of different people, such as poet Tristan Tzara, mathematician John von Neumann, writer and novelist Italo Calvino, particularly writer and painter Brian Gysin.

As Burroughs says, "cut-ups are for everyone. Anybody can make cut-ups."
I also agree with him that cut-ups could produce a creative way in the unconscious state of the method user. However, if everyone the same method too often, then people are not going to try to use their own ways, but become to be dependant on spontanity.
Although we all can make cut-ups, it doesn't much help us to be artistic ultimately.


Brion Gysin
William Burroughs
John von Neumann
Surrealist
Italo Calvino