Monday, 5 March 2018

In Memoriam

Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006)
On the twelfth anniversary of his elevation to another place

Presence and the production of song sounds
Close observation and an awareness of meanings
Mr Cutler bangs his head against a hard door

Navigator of cultural backgrounds
Pithy and instructive songs
Sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic
Behavioural traits with synchronous sound

Ivor Cutler, which parts did you find compelling?

The gift of education
The improvement of invalid youth
Mr Cutler kept a packed suitcase by the front door

Gruts for tea, again
Amusing songs and whimsical patter
Never knowingly understood
Creativity with Thalia and Phyllis

Ivor Cutler builds a bird's nest and comments, “That’s nice”

Perceptive and responsive but asleep when the phone rang
Harmony and a harmonium, instruments of defense
Mr Cutler escaped from a Glasgow sitting room

Befriending bacteria using pens, poems and paper
Fortunate in the grip of Scotch water
Strange stuff for the really left-field thinkers
A narrow foot-path

Ivor Cutler and the theatre of the absurd

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