all ideas need not be made physical (the formation, development and obsolescence of words)

' all ideas need not be made physical' - sol lewitt, 10th sentence in sentences in conceptual art (1968)

 'all intervening steps - scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed works, models, studies, thoughts, conversations - are of interest. those that show the thought processes of the artist are sometimes more interesting than the final product.' 

- sol lewitt, paragraphs on conceptual art, artforum, june 67 

both quoted in luke skrebowski's notes on sentences, versuch no.1: notes and projects, ed. gil leung. 

horsemouth has finished reading down and out in paris and london (from whence 'the formation, development and obsolescence of words' the study of which orwell proposes). the paris side of the adventure is considerably more interesting with its drunkenness and low-life (it could be jean genet if orwell weren't such a prig). orwell persists in trying to solve social problems - proposing that the british doss-houses become places where people grow food (which is very modern). 

horsemouth's mum has had some raised plant beds built and horsemouth has just been throwing soil and compost into one of them (before the day warms up). the problem is the amount of soil necessary to fill them - it means altering the level of the garden (effectively) 

broadly horsemouth will try not to overdo it on the first day. 

he then has most of sunday to fill up the second (slightly smaller) planter. the runner beans (the ones horsemouth has been calling broad beans) seem to be doing well after their night out in the cold and horsemouth will soon plant them out (remind him to check this with his mum first so they don't get out of sync again). 

he also spent a little while this morning debugging his mum's  emergency alarm thingy (having seen it flashing) - it now connects through the wi-fi as well as over mobile phone signal (something that was, courtesy of modern technology, utterly painless to do). 

this is probably why he is posting slightly later than usual.

so how's the dude who moved to douarnenez getting on? 

well the house is gradually getting sealed against the elements, partition is getting built and insulated and the neighbourhood is gentrifying (turning into st. tropez say the locals). of course this is the problem with spending the  money you earn in the city out in the wilds/ in the poorer regions, it drives up the prices for the locals who have not had access to the money making potential of the city.  our architect here is wilfully oblivious to the effect of his actions.