For this signment I kept thinking what the hardest thing to corral would’ve been.

• Blood?
• Large masses of bodies?
• Insects?

The first is too messy. The second too surly. The third too unruly and creepycrawly.

I remembered that the point is too emphasize and showcase the material itself. But then, in the basic sense, when you write with paper and pen, which material is more exposed?  The paper? The ink? The relation between both? Hard to say, really. If I was a skywriter, would I consider more beautiful and interesting the sky or the smoke…? [Those interested in this concept please read Roberto Bolano’s Distant Star.]

So I became enmeshed in trying to think through what combination of materials would be shifting enough for me. Oscillation. Vacillation. Material waffling.

I’ll let you figure out what I decided on…

And just so we’re on the same page, I’m a fan of The Police and that song, but not the literal message.