Robert Ashley

Contents

contents list of illustrations vii preface ix 1. Oh, How We Misunderstand: Introduction 1 2. The Vessel of the Eternal Present: The Early Years 7 3. When Slow Starts to Mean Something, We Crave Fast: The ONCE Years 23 4. Incredibly Slowly Our View Begins to Slide: The Mills College Years 46 5. I’m Not the Same Person That I Used to Be: Perfect Lives 57 6. Who Could Speak If Every Word Had Meaning?: Atalanta (Acts of God) 77 7. If You Have to Ask You Can’t Afford One: Now Eleanor’s Idea 87 8. One Thing Follows the Next and I Just Do It: Dust, Celestial Excursions, Concrete, and Smaller Pieces 110 chronological list of works by robert ashley 131 notes 135 selected bibliography 143 discography 145 index 147 ...