The Romance of Sound and Senses

Ken Feit was a fool. He touched our lives briefly and profoundly, teaching me, for example, how to make my very own Hand Frog.

He died as we all eventually do, tragically, and too young. Those he touched are forever connected through his inspired madness. One, performer, story-teller and fellow Feit-follower Sam Yada Cannarozi, sent me a copy of an old work of Ken's, called "The Romance of Sound and Senses." As I read it, everywhere in it I could feel Ken's loving wonder, still present in my life.

Here's a taste:

dugacha chakut, dugacha chakut, dugacha chakut

klinkerufff

alora fasoma

salugot fasinkel

dugacha chakut, dugacha chakut.......pooff!

"This is what this poem says to me. The first line tells me of a sculptor who’s beginning to work on a block of marble. He’s digging into it with his chisel and hammer, and pulling out pieces of marble...dugacha chakut, dugacha chakut, dugacha chakut...dug, dig, gotcha, got you marble, I got you, dug, dig, dugacha......cha, penetrating, kut, cutting and resisting with a blunted point....ttt....dugacha chakut. In the second line he blows the dust off his chisel....klinkeruff, the klinky metal....ufff of a blow and the dust flies off all over the floor with the chips. And then he stops and looks at his statue and imagines it complete, a masterpiece, so smooth and fine and brilliant....flora fasooma. But he opens his eyes again and sees it for what it is, very rude, incomplete....salugot fasinkel. The fasooma and the fasinkel is the difference between a dream and the real thing. The sculptor is a realist with a twinkle in his eye and he goes back to work....dugacha chakut, dugacha chakut....pooff!"

I made unauthorized PDF of the file, for you to read and give to every one. As soon as I fix my printer, I'm going to make a copy to read to my grandchildren. If you know of anyone who actually has the copyright for this work, please let us know about each other.

Here is the file.

For more about Ken, see: Joseph Martin's "Foolish Wisdom: Stories, Activities, and Reflections from Ken Feit, I.F. (Itinerant Fool)"