o quiet moss erasure

[click image to expand]
 
© 2012 S. D. Stewart

Leave a comment

9 Comments

  1. ladywrenna's avatar

    How do you know which parts to erase?

    Like

    Reply
    • sean's avatar

      I try not to think about it too much. As I move through the text the process sort of takes on an organic quality where certain words fall away and others rise up. Mary Ruefle talks about looking at a text and seeing words hovering above the page, and thus knowing which ones to keep. I feel something similar is occurring. The more I do it, the more obvious it’s becoming. It’s also addictive.

      Like

      Reply
  2. c m wilson's avatar

    love it. Have you seen my post from “A Humument”? same idea from Thom Phillips:

    about

    Like

    Reply
  3. Sigrun's avatar

    Nice – like it a lot!

    Like

    Reply
    • sean's avatar

      Thanks! This comes by way of Ruefle so thank you for that thread of inspiration. I ordered one of her books today, despite having made a pact with myself not to acquire more books until others had left my possession. Oh well. It seemed necessary.

      Like

      Reply
      • Sigrun's avatar

        I think one can make an exception from ones anti-materialism & anti-shopping pacts – when the book in question is by Ruefle … wouldn’t you agree?

        Like

        Reply
        • sean's avatar

          Most definitely. I consider books in general to be exempt from such pacts, hence my lack of commitment to them. It’s more of a space issue than anything. I have run out of bookshelves and the resulting piles threaten to topple.

          Like

Leave a reply to birds fly Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • Recent Posts

  • Navigation Station

    The links along the top of the page are rudimentary attempts at trail markers. Otherwise, see below for more search and browse options.

  • In Search of Lost Time

  • Personal Taxonomy

  • Common Ground

  • Resources

  • BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS