The noodles of 2024 were serious: noodle casserole with breadcrumbs. It’s a love story, of sorts, noodles loving cheese & breadcrumbs. It dominates the image—helping to make space so we can reflect on Raymond Federman. Federman, however, is also brought into the picture. It is for him that we gathered here, is it not? He looks ahead, into our future histories together. See you next year (we hope).
The noodles of Noodle Day (for Raymond Federman) 2023 happened. But the post, the record of the event of Noodle Day itself? When the time came to post the picture, we spaced. Yes, non-uploaded but not forgotten, the noodles of 2023 languished. Finally, the are here.
Our double noodle update happens with a slight nod towards Federman’s sci-fi novel, The Twofold Vibration. The title of the post is another nod to Federman, this time his poem, The Museum of Imaginary Asses. Bon appétit.
Summiting the noodle pile for another year of remembrance and celebration! Thank you to all within the Raymond Federman moinousniverse for celebrating again this year.
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Reading Federman’s work around this year’s Noodle Day had a suprisingly soothing effect. It’s not because Federman’s work is necessarily soothing—at least not in a way that would be recognized by many people. Yet it is the undercurrent of darkness, the loss, and the laughter in the face of it that soothes. As the tagline on Federman’s blog says
Laugh: yes because when some guy weeps somewhere in the world there is always some other guy who laughs somewhere else: happy balance! Never fails its normal equilibrium: laugh or cry it all comes out the same in the end!
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Happy Birthday, Raymond Federman aka Ray aka Federman!
Today marks the 88th anniversary of Raymond Federman’s birth. As we say, every day can be Noodle Day. Noodle Day’s the only holiday that happens once a few times a year. Every day can be a noodle day, if you are thinking of Federman, and eating noodles.
The idea is to remember him, and that his death is not death. That’s why Noodle Day started and is celebrated by most municipalities on Oct 6. Yet, if that is too morbid for you, too X-X-X-X-X, and sad, then please—celebrate today. Federman wouldn’t mind, and neither would we.
Bon appétit!
Bon anniversaire, Raymond Federman!
Did you doubt there were noodles in 2015? There were…but the photo was late to arrive. Too much celebrating!
Here’s our noodles. Hope you enjoyed yours, were you to partake of some yourselves. Much thanks to this year’s co-Curateur as well. See you in 2015.