Courtney Chatellier

On Giving the Lie

« I don’t have an iPhone » - the artistry and etiquette of lying - a performative, a kind of gauntlet-throwing - sovereignty and the Word - the special impotence of speechlessness - « to say he Lies, tho' but in Jest, is an Affront that nothing but Blood can expiate » - 1.) once; 2.) in time; and 3.) unmistakably - thunderclap—echo - authorship or ownership of the lie