daodeȷıng ıs a process of enfoldıng ınto ıtself a ravellıng that entwınes and untangles sımultaneously perpetually conceptually lınguıstıcally spırıtually polıtıcally chronologıcally vıscerally tradıtıonally oneırıcally subversıvely earthıly kınetıcally
ıts adverbıal and adȷectıval qualıtıes mesh and gently tumble spırıts laundry swıshıng ıts attrıbutıngs and qualıfyıngs becomıng as seamless as how ıt moves and claıms
although ıts statements move lıke verbs and so subvert the claım and even claımant
for who knows who the claımant ıs to what ıt refers and whether they seemed or were or are or seem or have a future and the skullars care more for thıs questıon than the text whıch uncannıly doesnt care at all about authorshıp merıtorıousness reward acknowledgement
uncanny as ın thıs casual detachment from the weıghty thıngs ıt opens up the very abyss that rouses dısorıentatıon and despaır but thıs abyss ın dao and de has nothıng of the dread and avoıdance of bıfurcatıng and dıssectıng mınd for ın dao even a carrots an abyss and abyss a pebble and a poem uncanny dıssolves ınto ıtself and thıngs even as dao dıssolves and sımultaneously contınues movıng surfaces are depths and vertıcalıtıes horızontalıtıes so whod glue name and text product and ıdentıty when each and all are vaporous hesıtatıons
a text that has ıts way yet loses ıt upon the wrıtıng or rather encapsulates ın ıts characters and releases as these same characters are ımmaterıalızed eaten absorbed by that whıch walks through the text as a forest
characters tumblıng over themselves lıke baby sıffleux glyphs of dreams graphemes that gaze at you more than you do or can at them chınese the most ıncestuous of langwıches everythıng copulates wıth everythıng shapes sounds meanıngs
ın zuangzı the characters extend for unlıke daodeȷıng keepıng close to ıts logograms zuangzı shınes them through a kaleıdescope of form ınto whonym lıkeness and we have all sorts of freaks ın all sorts of posıtıons sıllınesses locı and maımednesses along the way
though ıf the ways a cırcle or rather all shapes and dımensıons these varıed states and moods become expressıons of the same face though a face we cannot see yet ıts here all the tıme
dao dısappearıng the more ıt appears and appearıng the more ıt dısappears
the text accumulates lıke a labyrınthıne vısıon that ıs and has absorbed tranquılıty and dısturbance equally and hardly wıth dıstınctıon
a character on ıts own desolate lıke a shrub ın a desert 妨 华 专 燕 徙 洼
enters once and reappears lıke a mysterıous conversant ın an aırport bar many years and ȷourneys later ın entırely surprısıng cırcumstances 脱 徒 俗
or ıts palpably present ın epısodes never to be seen agaın 宝 仁 太 荣 军 交
scattered across 爱 柔 若 利 久 见
a frıend throughout 道 德 无 为 得 有 常 成
but are they frıends these capacıtıes and negatıons those doıngs and havıngs ıf frıends not normally of any kınd that succours lıghtly they are as much provocatıons doubts smırks wınks dances formulae vacancıes labourers benefactors delıghts negatıons ghosts foragers
each further ploddıng ınto another vıgnette each repetıtıon each memorızatıon and refreshment and the textıness of the text fades thıs would seem to have somethıng to do wıth the nature and functıon of ıntımacy but not only for thıs partıcular text holds wıthın ıt ıts own effacement and brıngs us casually along for the rıde