Magnetic fields

Several readers have written to suggest LL coverage of the latest viral site, “Sleep Talkin’ Man“. So if you’re one of the half-dozen netizens who haven’t yet browsed this compendium of oneirophonic entertainment, by all means do so now.

I haven’t written about this because I don’t have much to say, except that it’s interesting how interested people are in such things. In some Elysian bistro, André Breton and Philippe Soupault are doubtless kicking themselves for being born too early to publish in the t-shirt and coffee-mug market:

En « logicien passionné de l’irrationnel », Breton est alerté par les phrases involontaires qui se forment dans le demi-sommeil ; tout illogiques, gratuites, absurdes même qu’elles soient, elles n’en constituent pas moins des « éléments poétiques de premier ordre » …