Table of Contents

Part 1 In the labryinth of Rene Magritte: collective invention; the exquisite corpse; surreal sounds and illicit images; optical appetites; testimony through painting; mimicry and media; visual oxymorons; the (E)vocation of absence; tension and intention. Part 2 Writing across the disciplines: musing on the absurd - oysters, cannons, and morons; suprise ending - vodka, oats, and pistols; doubling disjunction, and displacement in a comic strip; carpe diem, carpe mortem; recycling; reading "Antigone" again; a sonnet windowed - "Send My Roots Rain"; welcoming the unexpected - aesthetics for children; music of hope - "Brundibar".