WSB broke up numerous dominant visual and literary biases with cut-ups in a variety of media. William Burroughs entirely upset the alphabetic, phonetic applecart.

Reading as forgetting is part of a very strong visual and literary bias that claims that the “new” is an extension of the “old” and that ‘new’ is better than ‘old’.

This bias manifests itself today in our western cultures as ageism and has led and continues to lead people in many delusional directions.

Curious how in communities based in oral traditions, the ‘old’ is an extension of the ‘new’ and neither are valued as superior in any way to the other. Only their differences are acknowledged and celebrated.

This rarely happens. Reading became a form of forgetting.

Unless the text is by WSB.

Where words are the last in metaphor.