"The new superman would exist in the guise of the 'superreal individual,' (Crevel) one who had gained 'absolute intellectual emancipation'(Crevel) by plunging with Breton into the unconscious through automatism. The Surrealist leader would offer a virtual vade mecum on the practice by directing the writer to surrender to the "murmur" of the unconscious and become the "recording instrument" of this 'Surrealist voice.' By submitting to its dictation, writing appears to be 'automatic.'"
—Dickran Tashjian, A Boatload of Madmen
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