Two things: As I mentioned in my post last week, I’m between houses at the moment. I actually just got approved for a new apartment today, though, so I’m almost finished with my career as a part-time vagabond. Still don’t … Continue reading
I decided to enact the signment this week, in a small way. I can empathize with the pressure many are feeling to make this writing matter. Haas reminds us that for Goody, Ong and Havelock, writing turns time into space. … Continue reading
Gilding in and of itself isn’t precious to me. When I was a faux finisher I, on more than one occasion, gilded an entire bathroom. It’s actually kind of gruelling work to gild a ceiling, and the cruel joke of … Continue reading
Michelle and I were considering writing in her old journals. Of which there are many. They are very important to her: every now and again she pulls them out to remind herself (I think) of before. To look at how … Continue reading
For this signment, I liked the idea of working on a surface that had already been through some layers of meaningful mediation. This envelope was sent to me this past summer by a friend of the family, a person with whom … Continue reading
Precious paper I did not have, so I opted for a photograph. Not an old photograph, not a photograph I don’t have the negative for, not even a photograph housing beloved faces. The photograph I chose is precious because it … Continue reading
Unlike “M,” it was difficult for me to disregard the second OE definition of “precious.” When Annette articulated our signment in class, the combination of the words “precious” and “paper” immediately led my mind to money. The U.S. dollar is … Continue reading
There is little in this world more precious to me than my wife and my son. As such, I accumulate sentimental pieces of writing that pertain directly to them. These include things like notes, cards, letters, and so on. With … Continue reading
When I started thinking about what surfaces are precious my first thoughts were: notes or objects from family and friends. I ruled out family because I was not going to write on my grandfather’s family tree or letters either of … Continue reading
“Inscription is a form of intervention…” ~ Gitelman I borrowed the tea (in my case coffee) ring idea from the poet Susan Tichy, whose tea poems (visual poems with tea rings) chronicled her morning tea drinking. The ephemera of it. … Continue reading