I've begun realizing that I am experiencing difficulty working on web pieces
be cause of the "absence" of the right tool in Clifford Burke's sense: 'good
tools that are used to make beautiful things have a mellowness that is
comfortable to live and work with' (_Printing Poetry_ SF, Scarab, 19080, p.
5). he's referring here specifically to a press, but also by extension to
the rest of his comments, it would include, pencil, brush, calligraphic pen,
and ?typewriter?.
It might be that I'm just blocked, but I think that's why I find myself
returning to writing and scrawling. I'm not sure any amount of 'flashy
ebooks' are going to fill in this absence and apparently I'm not alone.
tom bell
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From: "Alan Sondheim" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [webartery] scary calligraphy
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> Thanks for this. I couldn't find his name in the Met's calligraphy
> catalog. He's mentioned as Chu Ta in Chinese Brushwork in Calligraphy and
> Painting, Kwa Da-Wei, Dover. Includes a reproduction. Chu Ta isn't in the
> Met catalog either, but there seem to be a number of online entries.
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> Alan -
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> Internet Text at http://www.anu.edu.au/english/internet_txt
> Partial at http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/internet_txt.html
> Trace Projects at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm
> CDROM of collected work 1994-2000/1 available: write [log in to unmask]
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