03/12/03

Matching sky to land, quotes no longer mean supposed.
Look for evidence of design, exposition, dailiness. OK,
sneaking-through-kitchens metaphor. Descriptions of the
absence of mathematics, wreathed architecture, a textbook
existence, the seduction of humor. Where traveling is the
natural state. A postcard knowledge of painting. A bound
collection of scenic-route explications, a very small atlas.
I don't say lilliputian lightly. Adaptation in the direction
of considered-seeming. More essay collapse, adjective
plagiarism. Sleep-slackened, they appeared in an illustrated
history of nutrition. Facts that conclude with dissipation &
elation. Even the dictionary runs out of words. Distilling
visual imagery with an exacting forbearance, a confident
stating of illogic. You should know another language,
preferably French. Not all that much forward planning is
needed. Like questions asked in doorways. Glancing
accession to partial justifications, purely speculative.
Conversion tables reviewed idly, casually, often. An
annotated letting-go. Level descriptions of cathedral-
building. Eventual maplike clarity of deceit. A fruit
stand approach to declaration. Emotionally exaggerate
the mid-range. Let's see what November has to say
for itself, tempering art history with sentience.