the house of yes

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the house of yes
Originally uploaded by qwrrty.

Seen on the road in front of a house in Natick, MA.

There were no other words on this sign. Not "YES ON 16" or "YES TO POZZIOLA" or "YES I'D LIKE SOME MORE HAM PLEASE". Just "YES". I very much like thinking of it as a general statement upon the world. Yes. Yes! yes I said yes I will Yes.

When I drove by again a few hours later, the sign was gone.

Comments

[schwarzedrache.livejournal.com]

Yoko Ono did a piece in the 60s where she put a stepladder in the middle of a room and hung a magnifying glass from it. Viewers were suppose to walk up the stepladder and point the magnifying glass at the cieling, where the word "Yes" was written in teeeeeeny tiny letters. Supposedly, when john lennon saw it, he fell madly in love with her.

Obviously this piece is a referential nod to yoko ono and john lennons love.

I must have it, at any cost.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Ah HA! Now we know where the sign went! :-)

I remember now, but had forgotten that Yoko Ono story. It is stories like that which make me understand the apparently deep and abiding love they felt for each other.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Ahh, i had not heard that story. Now the "Beat-Alls" episode of the Powerpuff Girls is that much funnier.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

I really like that. I'd do that. I never thought of it though, but now I would!

I admit mild dissapointment though, I thought when I clicked the link I was hoping to read about your personal connection to Joyce. :-)

[keyne.livejournal.com]

when I clicked the link I was hoping to read about your personal connection to Joyce. :-)

http://www.unchi.org/~elle/ceremony.html (about half of the way down)

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

cool! Not everyone quotes Joyce in their wedding ceremony!
We had Goethe's quote on Comittment and that respected master of English letters A.A. Milne as well. :-)

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

You should absolutely put up your own version. Your sign could say "WHY"!

[jss]

The problem with "WHY" is that it leads directly to a recent (past 5 years?) beer commercial.

I'd suggest "42" or "23" or even "e^i*π+1=0," just to confuse people.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

"WHY?"
seems an apt thing to put up these days, especially considering our politcal situation. Siiigh.

[opadit.livejournal.com]

Aw, man, I bet it was someone accepting a proposal of marriage, and you missed the "[Name], will you marry me?" that was posted in the same place last week.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

It's like postmarks, only with lawn signs as the medium. Maybe the other communicant lives in Geneva!

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

++ for gratuitous Ulysses reference!

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Is there any other kind? :-)

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes!
1. If you're a Joyce scholar, there are lots.
2. Even if you're not, Stephen's thing about pity and terror in Portrait is a thing to be referenced. *nods*

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it was The Eternal Yes.

Or maybe not, since it was gone so quickly.

Still. COOL. There should be more YES in the world.

[lcohen]

i don't like james joyce but that passage is still one of the most sensual pieces of writing ever.

[macthud]

The first thing I thought of was a semi-forgettable book -- Fuck, Yes! by Rev. Wing F. Fing -- often attributed to Tom Robbins, and having some of his flavor, but actually coming from another's pseudonym.