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In our one-to-one Michele mentioned Concrete Poetry and that jogged my memory and really appealed to me. The Poetry Foundation’s definition : “Verse that emphasizes non-linguistic elements in its meaning, such as a typeface that creates a visual image of the topic. Examples include George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” and “The Altar” and George Starbuck’s “Poem in the Shape of a… Continue reading Concrete Poetry

Boltanski’s work was mentioned by Michele in our 121 and it seemed quite pertinent, so I got 2 of his books from World of Books. I was listening to Zadie Smith on Radio 4+ and she said some very relevant things, but I was listening in bed and fell asleep as she talked, so I… Continue reading New Books

From Michele For tomorrow’s session we will meet on zoom for a live mini lecture and discussion which will look at how we can use and embed thinking and theory into practice. We will also have an introduction to the Contextual Study and Literature Review in the context of this unit’s assessment requirements. In preparation,… Continue reading Influential Work on my Practice

I’ve been slowly making my way through this book. which is really a collection of essays and articles, on various themes – the book title is ” Species of Spaces and other pieces”. I bought it last week and don’t intend now to read it all the way through, but just to dip in from… Continue reading Space melts like sand …

Is this spooky or what? I picked up a new book, I think it was recommended to me, Keri Smith’s “How to be an Explorer of the World”. Opened randomly at P.118 and read, ‘What we need to question is bricks, glass, our table manners, our utensils our tools, the way we spend our time,… Continue reading Perec is all around!