Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on June 9, 2011 at 6:01pm

John's poem has dislocations of syntax as well as indeterminate words and word references. I also thought it was interesting to ask if that made it asemic. While I'd have to finally say no, there seems to be a real borderland between asemic writing and conventional text.

 

Some here do use many terms. I'd like to think it's the price you pay for common ground. The work posted seems to constantly defy and question those terms, though.

Comment by John M. Bennett on June 9, 2011 at 2:08pm

Agreed, nothing is random, and agreed, language is the social medium por excelencia par excelence

 

seeing my text as asemic is an extremist way of seeing it, but it's interesting to think about it in that way

 

categories like "asemic" or "textual" etc are ways to organize perceptions and thinking, but do not necessarily reflect the reality of experience

 

It's often revealing to think about something as if it were something else.

 

Another thing to ponder is that the visual and/or sonic dimensions of a poem include aspects that most people would consider asemic: these are only some of the dimensions of a poem - or of any text, perhaps.  One may not be fully conscious of these elements, but they are there

Comment by cheryl penn on June 9, 2011 at 9:58am

I was talking about John's poem too.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on June 8, 2011 at 8:48pm

Are we talking about John's poem or the piece Skybridge posted? I don't think what John posted is asemic. I'm not sure why I asked originally. I thinking I was wondering if it was about asemics somehow. I think what Skybridge did suggests the concepts and there are some interesting forms to work with.

Comment by cheryl penn on June 8, 2011 at 4:25pm

I'm with John - that means I'm nuts too - I dont think its asemics.

Comment by John M. Bennett on June 8, 2011 at 4:05pm

Some folks say it's meaningless, so I guess it's asemic to them.  So here ya go.  I don't think it's asemic at all, but then I'm nuts, eh?  Actually, I kinda think there really ain't no such thing as something truly asemic...  maybe "god" would be truly asemic?

Comment by De Villo Sloan on June 8, 2011 at 4:00pm

JMB - The Lost Ficus School of Poetics. But is it asemic? Or is it about asemics? Or neither?

Comment by cheryl penn on June 8, 2011 at 3:58pm

night lights?

Comment by John M. Bennett on June 8, 2011 at 3:56pm

 

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on June 8, 2011 at 3:20pm

Dear Skybridge, it looks to me like you worked through your theoretical issues with asemic writing. What you've posted seems excellent to me and in keeping with all the discussions going on here. Welcome.

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