The disorder of the underworld brings order in its wake. Put another way, the struggle between differences that becomes strength, that produces psychic luster. Storm-damaged trees that fall, that replenish the habitats of the lifecycles of numerous bugs (P211). All this is a way of simply leaving things be; leaving things to decadence and revival, the natural cycle of germs or Man (physical vigour.)
Instead of the law of supply and demand there is a much older law of trading-ports that become established by dint of geography and maritime conquest.
The entrepot of Amsterdam and the free trading ports of the Hansa have much in common with old Shanghai (TofF2) with its fermenting pig manure and decrepit wharves; romance and decadence entangled in the gloaming.
Unfortunately, that's all I can say of these archaic maritime trade-routes for now as I got diverted by watching 'Scenario Video', Godard's screen-notes for Slow Motion (prev.)
Godard is intent on discerning truth, which is the link of music to film, or between dialogue and movement. Film is above all the experience of time (27 times a second) and not simply of 'shooting the script' in post-Hollywood fashion.
Movements are the way we experience time, and dialogue interferes with that. There are punctuations of silence in much the same way as is practiced in action comics (or BWS Monsters for the sake of breathing and experiencing the character's state of mind.)
In terms of action, 'the silence of speed' allows us to experience time in an animalistic fashion. Do we have punctuations and pure silent action in our modern lives? is a question in point.
This tallies with our exposure to news, which is purely verbal. The war in Ukraine is clearly socially emotional, so doesn't that mean something is lacking?
Movement is rhythm and force, while dialogue is 'pure information' (in quotes). The Russians are apt to describe this as "misinformation" ("what is the source?") but in any case could be a case of information overload.
In a war the aim is to win, and Putin has a greater right than simply 'fact', which is the right of legitimate physical action.
It's a war of principle; as was said in P211 though, the principle loses legitimacy as modern wars create an order, when the disorder of rebellion is what brings order in its wake.
I mean, the legitimacy of communes and free-trade ports during the time of the Hanseatic League. Putin's (nostalgic) principles are confused owing to the modern paradigm of pure calculation (or Relativity.)
This in turn tallies with our experience of time. The divine rhythms which sailors used to steer by are denied us and we are assailed by a social and factual smorgasbord.
'The silence of speed' is an area where physical action has legitimacy in that the universe is being experienced in a physical way (not just through a verbal wash of news).
Where the physical universe exists, the psyche has a development over time. Silence is that experience, and has the assets of fantasy and poetry (as opposed to supply and demand.)
One other way to delineate it is that it's probably the opposite of Simon and Garfunkel's iconic 60s anthem The Sound of Silence! 'Hello darkness, my old friend' could take you to some other area of decadence that is in the nature of true living.
Time is fundamental to experience in a foundational way (dance, force, stillness, punctuation), and therefore an area where physical action has some legitimacy (in terms of reality or realism.) Where that is so, the psyche develops over time (childhood innocence.)
If we live in a nefarious area where illegitimacy rules, that is a fundamentally confused situation. Blaming Putin or anyone else is too easy when the paradigm itself invites confusion. To be ruled by a state of confusion is a recipe for rule by social media rather than the force and rhythm and stillness of dance (by the stars.)
The tyranny of the calculating head versus the unspoken force of the twisting body under the turning stars. The continuity of action; microcosm echoes macrocosm - P200. Like the Batman on the NY skyline making iconic shapes; meditating under gargoyles; finding meaning before speaking; natural strength before weakness.
