SHUN AS RHYTHM
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to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew
to avoid deliberately; keep away from. to slight or avoid scrupulously or habitually
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-ION AS RHYTHM
used to turn verbs into nouns; denotes action or condition
an atom that has acquired an electric charge by gaining or losing electrons
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In those ancient times in which poetry came into existence, the aim was utility, and actually a very great utility. When one lets rhythm permeate speech - the rhythmic force that reorders all the atoms of the sentence, bids one choose one's words with care, and gives one's thoughts a new colour, making them darker, stranger, and more remote - the utility in questION was superstitious. Rhythm was meant to impress the gods more deeply with a human petitION, for it was noticed that men remember a verse much better than ordinary speech. It was also believed that a rhythmic tick-tock was audible over greater distances; a rhythmical prayer was supposed to get closer to the ears of the gods. (Nietzsche 1882-1887/1974, 138)

- Kittler, Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (1986) in idem 1999, 79-80

-ion As Rhythm was commissioned and presented by the Tate Modern as part of:
Media Matters - Friedrich Kittler and Technoculture
Thanks to SK-C