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From the Ted Talk by David Carson: Design and discovery

Unscramble the Blue Letters


This is from my second book. The first book is called, "The End of Print," and it was done along with a film, wronikg with William bughurros. And "The End of Print" is now in its fifth prtninig. (Laughter) When I first contacted William Burroughs about being part of it, he said no; he said he didn't believe it was the end of print. And I said, well, that's fine; I just would love to have your input on this film and this book, and he finally agreed to it. And at the end of the film, he says in this great voice that I can't mimic but I'll kind of try, but not really, he says, "I rebmemer attending an eiiithobxn called, 'Photography: The End of Painting.'" And then he says, "And, of course, it wasn't at all." So, apparently when phhroagpoty was perfected, there were people going around saying, that's it: you've just ruined painting. People are just going to take pictures now. And of course, that wasn't the case.

Open Cloze


This is from my second book. The first book is called, "The End of Print," and it was done along with a film, _______ with William _________. And "The End of Print" is now in its fifth ________. (Laughter) When I first contacted William Burroughs about being part of it, he said no; he said he didn't believe it was the end of print. And I said, well, that's fine; I just would love to have your input on this film and this book, and he finally agreed to it. And at the end of the film, he says in this great voice that I can't mimic but I'll kind of try, but not really, he says, "I ________ attending an __________ called, 'Photography: The End of Painting.'" And then he says, "And, of course, it wasn't at all." So, apparently when ___________ was perfected, there were people going around saying, that's it: you've just ruined painting. People are just going to take pictures now. And of course, that wasn't the case.

Solution


  1. remember
  2. burroughs
  3. working
  4. printing
  5. exhibition
  6. photography

Original Text


This is from my second book. The first book is called, "The End of Print," and it was done along with a film, working with William Burroughs. And "The End of Print" is now in its fifth printing. (Laughter) When I first contacted William Burroughs about being part of it, he said no; he said he didn't believe it was the end of print. And I said, well, that's fine; I just would love to have your input on this film and this book, and he finally agreed to it. And at the end of the film, he says in this great voice that I can't mimic but I'll kind of try, but not really, he says, "I remember attending an exhibition called, 'Photography: The End of Painting.'" And then he says, "And, of course, it wasn't at all." So, apparently when photography was perfected, there were people going around saying, that's it: you've just ruined painting. People are just going to take pictures now. And of course, that wasn't the case.

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Important Words


  1. agreed
  2. apparently
  3. attending
  4. book
  5. burroughs
  6. called
  7. case
  8. contacted
  9. exhibition
  10. film
  11. finally
  12. great
  13. input
  14. kind
  15. laughter
  16. love
  17. mimic
  18. painting
  19. part
  20. people
  21. perfected
  22. photography
  23. pictures
  24. print
  25. printing
  26. remember
  27. ruined
  28. voice
  29. william
  30. working