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english is my second language?

and writing is not natural

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Jim Dalling
Jul 15, 2024
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I wrote yesterday about excited particles and distortions of time. These discoveries in theoretical physics I connected back to the fictional substance Flubber, from the movie of the same name.

I’m an excited particle that experiences distortions of time. Flubber is within me. Is it in you?

I actually speak Flubber. In fact, Flubber is my first language.

Is it really though?

Kinda sorta maybe not really but enough I guess?

That is to say, I don’t necessarily speak flubber. I more perform flubber, or move with the vocabulary of flubber.

I move in impulsive, erratic, comic ways. Tony Montenaro gave us the book Mime Spoken Here. Even before Tony, I was fluent. Silly, erratic and ecstatic movements come naturally to me. I don’t know how they truly translate into the written word.

When I get the Flubbers, I begin moving in highly specific and playful ways. I explore how each little joint can move or spin. I can break down any gesture into a series of seemingly infinite sub gestures that can be …

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