WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.710 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.710 --> 00:00:03.690 align:middle line:90% We have a helicopter tonight. 00:00:03.690 --> 00:00:04.935 align:middle line:90% We are so lucky. 00:00:04.935 --> 00:00:08.520 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:08.520 --> 00:00:10.395 align:middle line:84% It's the sound of birds hovering. 00:00:10.395 --> 00:00:12.390 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:12.390 --> 00:00:13.560 align:middle line:90% We'll just go with that. 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.530 align:middle line:90% 00:00:16.530 --> 00:00:21.490 align:middle line:84% "Landscape with a Blur of Conquerors." 00:00:21.490 --> 00:00:25.480 align:middle line:84% "To have a thought, there must be an object. 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.720 align:middle line:84% The field is empty, sloshed with gold. 00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:31.960 align:middle line:90% A hayfield thick with sunshine. 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:35.710 align:middle line:84% There must be an object, so land a man there. 00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:39.070 align:middle line:84% Solid on his feet on solid ground, 00:00:39.070 --> 00:00:41.380 align:middle line:90% in a field fully flooded. 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:43.870 align:middle line:90% Enough light to see him clearly. 00:00:43.870 --> 00:00:49.060 align:middle line:84% The light on his skin, and bouncing off his skin. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:53.290 align:middle line:84% He's easy to desire, since there's not much to him. 00:00:53.290 --> 00:00:57.520 align:middle line:84% Vague and smeary in his ochres, in his umbers. 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:01.010 align:middle line:90% Burning in the open field. 00:01:01.010 --> 00:01:06.280 align:middle line:84% Forget about his insides, his plumbing, and his furnaces. 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:09.920 align:middle line:84% Put a thing in his hand and be done with it. 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:13.180 align:middle line:84% No one wants to know what's in his head. 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:17.770 align:middle line:84% It should be enough to make something beautiful. 00:01:17.770 --> 00:01:19.310 align:middle line:90% Should be enough. 00:01:19.310 --> 00:01:20.980 align:middle line:90% It isn't. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:23.870 align:middle line:90% It should be. 00:01:23.870 --> 00:01:25.940 align:middle line:90% The smear of his head. 00:01:25.940 --> 00:01:27.200 align:middle line:90% I paint it out. 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.150 align:middle line:90% I paint it in again. 00:01:29.150 --> 00:01:32.000 align:middle line:90% I ask it what it wants. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.960 align:middle line:84% I want to be a cornerstone, says the head. 00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:40.600 align:middle line:90% Let's kill something. 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:44.140 align:middle line:84% Land a man in a landscape, and I'll try to conquer it. 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:48.340 align:middle line:84% Make him handsome, and you're a fascist. 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:53.720 align:middle line:84% Make him ugly, and you're saying nothing new. 00:01:53.720 --> 00:01:56.770 align:middle line:84% The conqueror suits up, and takes the field. 00:01:56.770 --> 00:02:01.420 align:middle line:84% His horse already painted in beneath him. 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:05.080 align:middle line:84% What do you do with a man like that? 00:02:05.080 --> 00:02:08.949 align:middle line:84% While you were deciding, more men ride in. 00:02:08.949 --> 00:02:12.650 align:middle line:90% The hand sings weapon. 00:02:12.650 --> 00:02:15.050 align:middle line:90% The mind says tool. 00:02:15.050 --> 00:02:19.160 align:middle line:84% The body swerves in the service of the mind, which 00:02:19.160 --> 00:02:24.470 align:middle line:84% is evidence of the mind but not actual proof. 00:02:24.470 --> 00:02:26.780 align:middle line:90% More conquerors. 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:32.060 align:middle line:84% They swarm the field, and their painted flags unfurl. 00:02:32.060 --> 00:02:36.470 align:middle line:84% Crown yourself with leaves and stake your claim, 00:02:36.470 --> 00:02:40.860 align:middle line:84% before something smears up the paint. 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:45.660 align:middle line:84% I turned away from darkness to see daylight. 00:02:45.660 --> 00:02:48.210 align:middle line:90% To see what would happen. 00:02:48.210 --> 00:02:49.720 align:middle line:90% What happened? 00:02:49.720 --> 00:02:51.460 align:middle line:90% What does a man want? 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:53.740 align:middle line:90% Power. 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:55.810 align:middle line:90% The men spread. 00:02:55.810 --> 00:02:58.770 align:middle line:90% The thought extends. 00:02:58.770 --> 00:02:59.820 align:middle line:90% I paint them out. 00:02:59.820 --> 00:03:02.160 align:middle line:90% I paint them in again. 00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:03.135 align:middle line:90% A blur of forces. 00:03:03.135 --> 00:03:05.840 align:middle line:90% 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.860 align:middle line:90% Why take more than we need? 00:03:09.860 --> 00:03:13.130 align:middle line:90% Because we can. 00:03:13.130 --> 00:03:15.290 align:middle line:90% Deep footprint. 00:03:15.290 --> 00:03:16.130 align:middle line:90% It leaves a hole. 00:03:16.130 --> 00:03:18.650 align:middle line:90% 00:03:18.650 --> 00:03:22.880 align:middle line:84% You'd break your heart to make it bigger, 00:03:22.880 --> 00:03:29.030 align:middle line:84% so why not crack your skull when the mind swells? 00:03:29.030 --> 00:03:33.540 align:middle line:84% A thought bigger than your own head. 00:03:33.540 --> 00:03:36.020 align:middle line:90% Try it, seriously. 00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:37.145 align:middle line:90% Cover more ground. 00:03:37.145 --> 00:03:39.940 align:middle line:90% 00:03:39.940 --> 00:03:44.320 align:middle line:84% I thought of myself as a city, and I licked my lips. 00:03:44.320 --> 00:03:48.160 align:middle line:84% I thought of myself as a nation, and I wrung my hands. 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:51.190 align:middle line:90% 00:03:51.190 --> 00:03:54.040 align:middle line:90% I put a thing in your hand. 00:03:54.040 --> 00:03:57.200 align:middle line:90% Will you defend yourself? 00:03:57.200 --> 00:03:59.480 align:middle line:90% From me, I mean. 00:03:59.480 --> 00:04:00.650 align:middle line:90% Let's kill something. 00:04:00.650 --> 00:04:03.320 align:middle line:90% 00:04:03.320 --> 00:04:05.150 align:middle line:90% The mind moves forward. 00:04:05.150 --> 00:04:07.100 align:middle line:90% The paint layers up. 00:04:07.100 --> 00:04:10.480 align:middle line:90% Glop, glop, and shellac. 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:15.000 align:middle line:84% I shovel the color into our faces. 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:19.709 align:middle line:84% I shovel our faces into our faces. 00:04:19.709 --> 00:04:22.019 align:middle line:90% They look like me. 00:04:22.019 --> 00:04:24.330 align:middle line:90% I move them around. 00:04:24.330 --> 00:04:27.000 align:middle line:90% I prefer to blame others. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:28.960 align:middle line:90% It's easier. 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:30.500 align:middle line:90% King me." 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:31.000 align:middle line:90%