A Prayer Wheel for Brion Gysin (I Am That I Am...), 2010

Item — Box: 289

Identifier: CC-52184-73305

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Scope and Contents

Produced by endwar, "this object is modeled on the prayer wheels used in Tibetan Buddism. When spun, the device reads a potentially endless recursive variant of the divine tautology "I AM THAT I AM" used in one on Brion Gysin's permutation poems from 1960. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

Creation: 2010

Creator

Gysin, Brion, 1916-1986 (Person)

Extent

1 item (1 poem object) : 1 prayer wheel (cherry wood, laser-etched, brass weight, axel, plastic bearing) in tube (cardboard, label) ; 22 x diam 6 cm (prayer wheel), 34 x 7 diam cm (tube)