I had to tack on this bit of — well, surreal — interaction between Gil, who happens to meet, in a cafe, Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel, Man Ray:
Gil
It sounds so crazy when I say it and you’ll think I’m drunk but I’ve got to tell someone I’m from a different time – a whole other era – the future – and I pass from the two thousandth millennium to here – a car picks me up – I slide through time.
Man Ray
Exactly correct – you inhabit two worlds – so far I see nothing strange.
Gil
Look, you’re sur-realists – but I’m a normal guy – See, in one life I’m engaged to marry a woman I love – at least I think I love her. Christ, I’m supposed to love her if I’m marrying her.
Dali
Love – the word love – love – the word love – same as the word rhinoceros – the rhinoceros makes love by mounting the female – but is there difference in beauty between two rhinoceroses?
Man Ray
But there is nothing more sur-real than the human heart.
Dali
Past is also present.
Gil
In a dream – which is fine for you because you guys dabble in dreams.
Man Ray
There is another woman?
Gil
Adriana is her name. And I felt drawn to her – but it wouldn’t matter – men much greater than me, profound artists – she’s drawn to geniuses – and they to her.
Dali
I see you with Christ – he is smiling while you are crucified on the heavy wooden cross of self-doubt.
Gil
Of course my biggest problem is reality.
Bunuel
Reality is nothing more than a dream – we all exist in the dream of a dog.
Gil
I was born in the wrong time.
Dali
Time is all the mind. Time melts – the watches melt – the hands of the clock melt.
Man Ray
A man in love with a woman from a different era. I see a photograph.
Bunuel
I see a movie.
Gil
I see an insurmountable problem.
Dali
I see – a rhinoceros.
Abacus Noir 