"A torn corner became the starting-point for new compositions, a chance rain blot the centre of an explosion, which then spread across further areas of the picture. The recognition of chance as the actual centre of Dada vitalised him and became in his hands the magic which imbued not only his work but his whole life."
Hans Richter speaking of Hans Arp
"For believe me the secret to realizing the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships out into uncharted seas! Live in conflict with your equals and with yourselves! Be robbers and ravagers as long as you cannot be rulers and owners, you men of knowledge!"
Neitzsche
Techniques to break from our robotic everyday life include use of accident, abstraction, truly random behaviour, spontaneous and unexpected acts. These go some way to bringing a real future into existence, not the inevitable robotic future we now experience. The real future is unknown and lies in what we can grab. Its time to learn to dream again and dream harder. I have been inching my own way forward into this future, now I take a leap. At this moment I live and die.
