betty goes to the museum - 3. nestor sakato and john 23

part three of thirteen

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"the ultimate minimalism of nestor sakato” took up the next room betty entered. nestor sakato’s canvases were each one solid color and were numbered “composition #1, composition #2,” etc. composition #1 was red, #2 was pink, #3 was yellow, and so forth. betty did not spend much time looking at them, although other people were staring at them intently. but she had seen them. there was no way, except by closing her eyes, that she could not have seen them. the next room betty went into had an exhibition of the paintings by john 53, otherwise not identified. john’s paintings were simple cartoon like renditions of small humans who might or might not have been intended to represent children, most of them accompanied by small creatures who were probably intended to be cats or dogs? monkeys? chimpanzees? betty could not really tell. there were no other visitors in the room, but there was a chair. was the chair a work of art? there was no sign indicating that it was, so betty took a chance that it was not and took a break and sat down on it. betty stared for a while at john 53’s paintings. suddenly she had a craving for an ice cream cone. there was probably no place in the museum where she could buy an ice cream cone, though you never knew. but there was surely a cafeteria where she could get a cup a coffee and a croissant or a scone, if not a cupcake or slice of chocolate torte. betty got up and went in search of a cafeteria. to be continued

betty goes to the museum - 2. daphne

part two of thirteen

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betty consulted the little folder which she had picked up on entering the museum. if she read the floor plan in it correctly, “the uncompromising feminist art of daphne edwards-soraya” was in a room just ahead and to her left. she entered the room. a young woman and a young man were just leaving the room. there were no other people in the room. the first thing betty saw was a canvas about four feet wide extending almost from floor to ceiling. the canvas was white with lettering of various bright colors. the words on the canvas were: alle mense is roes bütün kişilər köpük var gizon gaizto guztiak dira svi muškarci su ološ tots els homes són escòria tanan nga mga tawo mao ang taya anthu onse mukhale chopondapo tutti omi sò ball svi ljudi su šljam všichni muži jsou spodina lle mænd er udskud alle mensen zijn uitschot ĉiuj homoj estas sedimento kõik mehed on saast ahat ng tao ay mga hamak na tao kaikki miehet ovat roskaväkeä tous les hommes sont l'écume alle minsken binne smoargens todos os homes son desagradables alle Männer sind Abschaum tout moun yo kras dukan mutane masu kumfa na kanaka a pau, he pelapela tag nrho cov txiv neej yog pom tej kev phem minden férfi söpredék Allir menn eru óhroða mmadụ nile nādighi ọcha semua orang adalah sampah Tá gach fir olc tutti gli uomini sono feccia kabeh wong sing uwuh todos los hombres son escoria a small table and chair had been placed beside the canvas. an opened laptop was on the table, along with a little card. betty picked up the card. it explained that the laptop was opened to google translate. betty had already noticed that herself. the card encouraged the patron to translate the phrases on the canvas into other languages. betty did not know any language except english, although she could recognize a few other languages, like french and spanish, as themselves, when she saw them. she began translating the phrases on the canvas into english, and quickly got the message. they were all translations of “all men are scum” into various languages. betty found this mildly amusing but not particularly informative. there were other canvases and a few etchings on the walls of the room, which betty supposed were also the “uncompromising feminist art of daphne edwards-soraya”. some were abstracts, others were writing in languages betty did not understand, and some were in scripts she could not read even phonetically. betty decided not to try to translate any of the writing on the wall with google translate, but to leave the room and look at some other exhibits. as she was leaving the room a severe looking young woman with thick glasses was entering it, carrying a spiral notebook with loose papers and what might have been drawings sticking out of it. betty wondered if the young woman was daphne edwards-soraya. 3. nestor sakato and john 23

betty goes to the museum - 1. a rainy day

part one of thirteen

betty was waiting for her friend janey but janey did not show up. it started to rain. betty decided to go indoors. the nearest building was the museum, which betty had not visited for some time. betty paid the reasonable entrance fee and went into the museum. there were some posters on the wall describing some of the exhibits. one said “the ultimate minimalism of nestor sakato”. betty did not think it sounded too promising, but then, she had only come into the museum to get out of the rain. another, larger poster promised “the uncompromising feminist art of daphne edwards-soraya”. this was altogether more to betty’s taste. betty gloried in the name of feminist, and took every opportunity to proclaim herself one. a third, smaller and barely legible poster that betty almost missed advertised “manuscriptism - new works of b b bashevski ”. this did not sound the least bit interesting. picking up a little folder that contained a map of the museum, betty proceeded on her way. 2. daphne

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BRAVE NEW WORD magazine: ISSUE 5

ISSUE #5

Editors note:

This one was a rough ride. I don't want to get into the details but this time i had to deal with so many submissions that were inadequate to the magazine's concept I thought somebody was joking on me. That was downright discouraging. That's why this time I relied more on curated content than incoming submissions. It made a better issue.





I'm glad to present you the works of the following:

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Table of Contents:

1. Gary Barwin - Miro's Sky
2. Mark Young - Eleven poems
3. Marco Giovenale - Six Glitch Asemic Pieces
4. Sean Smith - Forty Weaves
5. Angela Caporaso - Three collages
6. Kyle Hemmings - Six text-visual combos
7. Yrik Max Valentonis - Herstory
8. Jack Galmitz - Three poems and one visual
9. Nathaniel Horowitz - Three asemic pieces
10. Glen Armstrong - Three poems
11. Federico Federici - Six Asemic Scores
12. Johannes S. H. Bjerg - Poems