Experiments
Systematically derange the language, for example, write a work consisting only of prepositional phrases, or, add a gerundive to every line of an already existing piece of prose or poetry, etc. Get a group of words (make a list or select at random); then form these words (only) into a piece of writing—whatever the words allow. Let them demand their own form, and/or: Use certain words in a set way, like, the same word in every line, or in a certain place in every paragraph, etc. Design words. Write what cannot be written, for example, compose an index. (Read an index as a poem). Attempt writing in a state of mind that seems least congenial. Consider word & letter as forms—the concretistic distortion of a text, for example, too many o's or a multiplicity of thin letters (illftiii, etc.) Attempt to eliminate all connotation from a piece of writing & vice versa. Work your ass off to change the language & don't ever get famous.
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