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this is my escape art exhibition
Yes. I am working on new literary material, namely a zine of cut-up poetry. Been experimenting a lot over the past week or so, with a lot of very surprising results. Early on I wanted to do a zine of cut-ups based mostly on a similar formula of “religious text + something unrelated = art!” but it felt a bit too limiting, so I ditched the concept and broadened my scope of source material. It’s not as good a concept (and not as potentially blasphemous, which is something I was somewhat juvenilely shooting for) but, based on my experiments and results, seems to result in much better reading.
I will admit to not being totally enthralled by the whole cut-up poetry thing but, at the same time, I think it’s an avenue definitely worth exploring. Perhaps I need to create a more focused concept instead of just “cut-up poetry.” Perhaps. I dunno. I’m not really trying to present a message through these poems, mind you, perhaps except that sometimes good stuff comes out of giving in to random chance and sifting through the debris/results.
I’m not really writing a lot of this stuff, though, I have to admit: I feel more like I’m taking care of plants, but instead of trying to make them grow a certain way, all I’m really doing is trimming off branches/leaves/thorns in order not to poke people in the eye and/or trip them up. Lame analogy, but yeah, I think it’s pretty accurate.
In totally unrelated news, I’m hoping to be able to buy a Fender Tele by the end of the year or so. Won’t be able to afford the American Standards and all that, though, so I’ve set my sights on a Mexican Tele. To be frank, I’m not exactly buying it for the Tele twang, but rather for the look and feel of it. I am quite interested in getting that single coil tone, though.
But yeah, I’m just totally in love with the Tele body shape right now.



