when johns mentioned satie...

...
the idea of background
(and background music)
idea of neutrality
air and the idea of air
(in breathing - in and out)

satie's "furniture music" now
serving as a background for music
as well as background for conver-
sation. puns on intentions.

the body as a tube
moisture - such as sweat
rain
re-processing
renaming

jasper johns, excerpt from julliard, 1968-69, reprinted in jasper johns by richard francis 1984