[1]
“As Vajra keeps asking, he keeps being referred to more fundamental arts, so that sculpture depends on painting, which comes from dancing, which relies on instrumental music, which derives from vocal music, which springs from language itself, which has to be learned through its grammar.”
From manual giving instructions for making painting and sculpture written in India in sixth or seventh century C.E. by Priyabala Shah.
CAPTION : a sentence or group of words that is written on or next to a picture to explain what is being shown.
: the part of a legal document that states the court, the names of the parties, the docket number, the title of the document, and sometimes the name of the judge.
Latin, from capiō; capture, seize, take. Origin of concept: probably short for 'certificate of caption' (taking, seizure). First known use: circa 1670. (Merriam-Webster)
CAVEAT : a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something
: an explanation or warning that should be remembered when you are doing or thinking about something
Latin, from cavēre; let him beware. First known use 1533. (Merriam-Webster)
Something missing? marked with editorial ‘caveat’ let him beware. Does not follow from BEWARE OF DOG (CAVE CANEM) watchdog roaming behind walls or not negotiated same moment uncertainty done away with this way or that. Alternatives prompt settlement when people expected be present or not and are or not as in case of present in absence. Cf Schrödinger cat: alternatives of dead and alive co-existing in superposition prior to check.
“When the smoke of tobacco smells also from the mouth which exhales it, then the two odours marry through the infra-thin”. Marcel Duchamp direct attention to all those processes of accommodating separateness of this-and-that and of either/or. Of print and picture for instance. March 1945 issue of ‘View’ front and back cover designed by Marcel Duchamp.