Deformed Heads. "Crosseyed and Painless" by the Talking Heads

by Corry Shores
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"Crosseyed and Painless"

In the 17th chapter of Logic of Sensation, Deleuze discusses one of Francis Bacon's techniques, diagramming. Bacon interjects chance-induced (accidental) variations into the formations on the painting, so to deform them. Deleuze then quotes from the Talking Heads song "Crosseyed and Painless:"

I'm changing my shape, I feel like an accident.

[Hear this line in the clip below]

David Byrne et al. "Crosseyed and Painless." Remaining in the Light. 1980.