repetition

Well, I'll start by agreeing with Alyssa. "i am writing.." made me dizzy as well. I can't really say that I enjoyed that one, or even understood it, but I can say that there were many interesting things within the text. One bit that I thought was sort of profound but also frightening (if we agree with it) was the statement "Repetition equals depersonalization." Oh my. One of the crafts of the uncanny and collage it seems is repetition, so can it really be a form depersonalization? Sure, repeating things over and over can make something lose it's meaning, so it's more like a ritual than having any meaning... But perhaps where the craft comes in is finding ways in which the repetition can coax new meaning out of the same phrase, over and over. And it's interesting that something that utilizes repetition so much would make a comment on repetition. But I do think that if anything, this piece shows how repetition can bring multiple interpretations.

Also, for me, the most powerful page of A Little White Shadow was page 13: "Other people read sonnets but my cousin Suvia never cared for blood. And in this as in most things I agreed with her." I just loved this page. I thought the connection between blood and poetry, blood and art, blood and craft--that was really poignant. I thought this really showed how well the black out (or white out) method can bring new interpretations and layers to everyday words, not just to a text.