I'm not sure how interesting that is... although this stamp is like a mini letterpress- okay not really, but I find it very satisfying to use the tweezer like tool to carefully pluck each letter from its "case" and place it on the stamp's track.
At the moment I'm stamping them into one of those smaller (4 x 6) generic black PRO ART sketch books to see what a few stamped pages ends up looking like.
I kind of like it... but I think I want to make my own book. Even if it ends up being generic as well.
I think the stamp is a very impersonal way of delivering personal information.
I think there's even a rule regarding the etiquette on such subjects... invitations, announcements, etc... these things are generally expected to be hand written.
I like the stamp for this collection of quotes, though. It seems like a logical way to show them. At least for now. It feels anonymous.
Something about the transition from pulling these quotes from their original context (personal) to placing them onto a crisp white piece of paper using the same stamp, the same letters, the same ink, so that they all look... the same... (impersonal)
I dunno. It's an interesting juxtaposition (LOVE that word.)
I save these quotes because for one reason or another they stand out amongst the other SEVERAL thousand words I am bombarded with every day. Sometimes they're funny, and I think "I have to write that down." So I do.
Sometimes if I'm feeling particularly anxious about something I will overhear someone say something that seems almost to be the PERFECT advice... even though they weren't talking to me.
Ever tell someone a joke and hear the people 20 feet away start laughing hysterically? It's that kind of a thing.
A connection without a connection.
Personally impersonal.
To let YOU in on what I find interesting about them means to sort of deconstruct the whole collection to its barest bones. I'd do it for a number of reasons, but mainly because it would never be the same experience for you- even if you knew "why" I chose to keep the words I've kept. By deconstructing the whole thing I am changing the dynamic quite a bit, creating an entirely new experience that I hope is at least somewhat intriguing.
I am curious to know what kind of response looking through such a book woul elicit. Would you find the perfect advice within my compilation?
Would you connect without connecting?
Will you connect at all?
I dunno. It's an interesting juxtaposition (LOVE that word.)
I save these quotes because for one reason or another they stand out amongst the other SEVERAL thousand words I am bombarded with every day. Sometimes they're funny, and I think "I have to write that down." So I do.
Sometimes if I'm feeling particularly anxious about something I will overhear someone say something that seems almost to be the PERFECT advice... even though they weren't talking to me.
Ever tell someone a joke and hear the people 20 feet away start laughing hysterically? It's that kind of a thing.
A connection without a connection.
Personally impersonal.
To let YOU in on what I find interesting about them means to sort of deconstruct the whole collection to its barest bones. I'd do it for a number of reasons, but mainly because it would never be the same experience for you- even if you knew "why" I chose to keep the words I've kept. By deconstructing the whole thing I am changing the dynamic quite a bit, creating an entirely new experience that I hope is at least somewhat intriguing.
I am curious to know what kind of response looking through such a book woul elicit. Would you find the perfect advice within my compilation?
Would you connect without connecting?
Will you connect at all?
1 comment:
Random comments. I love this blog! The examined life.... growth in progress... Collecting snippets of conversation: An assignment for a writing course I once took was to listen in on conversations taking place in public, briefly, and create stories around those "snippets". This was reminiscent of that.
The fascination with letters and quotes is interesting. I wonder if you have discovered the I CHING ? I wonder if you are writing a novel ?
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