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closely circle something

2024-08-04

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Small update - a couple of quotes from a book I've been reading, and a little animation I made this morning in bed.

Sometimes language must be used to closely circle something rather than to hit the target - Only then, the picture, association, and experience evoked can be precise enough.

Gradually I have discovered that by insisting on choosing a something over a nothing, and then one more something, a little gap can open in the world that was not noticeable before. There, I can slip in.

The book is Being a Chair. Essays on Choreographic Poetry by Janne-Camilla Lyster. It's really good, the best bits are harder to pull out and quote.

Here's the animation:

listening to

Will Anybody Ever Love Me? by Sufjan Stevens

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