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For people who read and enjoy good literature--literary classics or literary contemporary and like to make art about it. Using literature as inspiration for our art. Also for people interested in writing letters about literature. This is also a meeting place for The New Arzamas Literary Circle, which is dedicated to writing creative letters on literary topics.

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Handmade Ezra Pound (Ezruckus Poundamonium) paper doll for a series of skits in which E.P is the main star. --Theresa Williams

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Automatic writing by Nancy Bell Scott.

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One of a set of cards made while contemplating the poet Theodore Roethke. On November 12, Roethke suffered the first of what was to be many mental episodes. It happened in the cold Michigan woods, and he described the experience as having a "secret" revealed to him, which he said was the secret of "Nijinsky." Nijinsky was a famous ballet dancer who was institutionalized for schizophrenia. With your permission, I'd like to post your artwork at my blog: The Letter Project. I'm also looking for letters about literature and creativity. All works from the blog have gone through the postal system.

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gentili Signori poeti e artisti visivi, sono felice di far parte di questo gruppo.Ecco il perchè.Da sempre il mio lavoro cammina tra immagine e parola.Testo e materia visiva.Poesia e carta dipinta…Continue

Started by Alfonso Filieri. Last reply by Theresa Ann Aleshire Williams Jul 12, 2011.

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Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:37pm: Henri Michaux, dessin mescalinien, 1956

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:36pm: Henri Michaux, éclatements; 1954

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:35pm: Henri Michaux, mouvements, around 1950-1951

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:35pm: Henri Michaux, gouache sur fond noir, 1944

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:33pm: Painted envelope I made earlier and mailed to Imelda Wubben in The Netherlands, also inspired by Lucebert's book "van de afgrond en de luchtmens" 1953 (about the abyss and the airman")

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:32pm: This is one of the drawings Lucebert made himself to illustrate his book "van de afgrond en de luchtmens" 1953 (about the abyss and the airman"

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on August 11, 2011 at 4:31pm: Because Theresa liked my night painting so much, inspired by the poem of Lucebert, I made a translation of the complete poem:

HARVEST

Night, the summer is dying in the night

Spastic feathers are falling, shrinking around

While clouds strangle the mountains

While in villages we hear whispering sounds of lips

Never before golden eyes traveled so far

in the glittering forest sleepers are squatting

and silvery nets bury the autumn sea

So soft is the play of the rain

that fruits of desire fall

and hands open a cross

is kissed & a knife & the thirst

is quenched with the darkest of flames

LUCEBERT

Translation/ adaptation by Guido Vermeulen

A poem from the book "van de afgrond en de luchtmens" 1953 (about the abyss and the airman"

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on August 11, 2011 at 2:14pm: Isn't that utterly amazing? Thanks for posting, Bifidus. Amazon is going to make money off me this month.

Comment by Bifidus Jones on August 11, 2011 at 2:04pm: I have Walser's book too--it's captivating. Here's a sample of his tiny writing:

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on August 10, 2011 at 11:04pm: My sketchbook pages get some kind of wash or tint before one mark is made in the entire book. White is almost upsetting. It's paralyzing or at the very least distracting. Thank you for all the info here, Theresa and Guido. Much homework awaits me, of the can't-wait-to-get-to-it variety.

Guido, what exactly do you do with woodglue on your envelopes?

By the time you posted again, Theresa, I'd already googled Robert Walser. His life looks like an interesting story in itself, and a bit sad, but the images I saw of his writing are absolutely incredible.

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