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Think Forget Replay

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Francois Lachance

I first came across his critical writing (a review of sorts of books by Steve McCaffery). And then I went cruising. And found this nugget. Again. Writing is an aid to forgetting. For those of us fastidious about words writing … Continue reading →

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Hyacinth Scent and Sense Making

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Francois Lachance

from a while back, a letter full of speculations and musings… Dear Friend, Very last day of the month: time to sneak in under the wire a report some disjecta and let you know that I have continued to meditate … Continue reading →

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Whose Idea of Who?

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Francois Lachance

The Edward Curtis Project: A Modern Picture Story. Marie Clements and Rita Leistner. In the play by Marie Clements there is a moment when two women are conversing. They are sisters from a mixed marriage; one is brown skinned and … Continue reading →

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Boys and Gossips

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Images of mixed bodily fluids. Networks of desire. Viscous boy gossip, so demure so classy. From Jessica Grim “Is The Body Talking Sense Now?” in Writing 25 (1990). I like how the expected “vicious” is tamed. If you read fast … Continue reading →

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Spume and Veil

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Susan Howe appends a note to Where Should The Commander Be* and the note reads *A preliminary exploration of the hidden feminine in Melville and Olson. And the patient reader is treated to a finale drawing not only on skill … Continue reading →

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Same Same

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Read on Twitter: “the difficult territory where eros and grief overlap…where the absence of the body is…an evocation of the vanished and lingering soul” Sounded awfully familiar. Ran a search. It’s from Mark Doty’s intro to James L. White’s The … Continue reading →

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77-78

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Francois Lachance

It is a coincidence that the text is discussing changes in situation and the sentence necessitates a page turn to continue on and complete the transition. And a further co-incident is the theme of chance. For Cage, the composer is … Continue reading →

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Drawing Writing

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Generating complexity. From Andrew Piper “Of Note” chapter in Book Was There. [ Can you spot the complex sentence? ] But in learning to write with our hands, we are also learning a different kind of knowledge altogether. When we … Continue reading →

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A Summit of Summation

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Your trust in the independent scholar increases as you read the article and come across a beautifully constructed sentence that carries you further along: While futurism discarded mimetic representation in favor of fragmentation and wordplay, and symbolism depicted objects as … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Handwriting

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Arthur Cooper in his notes to his translation of a poem by Tu Fu provides additional information about General Wang, a calligrapher of note. It was said of him that his writing was “as light as floating clouds and as … Continue reading →

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