On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, s.c. crawford wrote:
> choose something small (eg a leaf) and something large (eg climatic)
> meditate upon the following: 'as my local* part of the planet has
> moved magisterially into spring, what have I noticed? *'local' can be
> work or home environment, the habitual.
- I'd be interested to know how this goes, what comes out of these
"meditations": could you (briefly) report some time? Is this the full
works, leggs-crossed-deep-breathing type of meditation, or something else?
The exercise reminds me (at some points removed) of Ezra Pound's in _ABC
Of Reading_, still strangely relevant though first published in 1934:
"1. Let the pupil write the description of a tree.
2. Of a tree without mentioning the name of the tree (larch, pine, etc.)
so that the reader will not mistake it for the description of some other
kind of tree.
3. Try some object in the class-room.
4. Describe the light and shadow on the school-room clock or some other
object.
5. If it can be done without breach of the peace, the pupil could write
descriptions of some other pupil [...]
The reader or auditor is at liberty to remain passive and submit to these
operations if he so choose."
Have fun, anyway -
RC
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