Being 'barely in control of oneself' is not an insult.
A Caption with Austen on Nothing
"Expect a most agreeable letter, for not being overburdened by subject – having nothing at all to say – there shall be no check to my genius."
Zwicky apposes to the Austen quote
a keyword of communicative competence:
"The advantage of having nothing to say."
It's amazing how florid a caption can be
when it's notional.
For all the world positioned
as if to advantage.
"The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase."
As with the subject –
as if with the subject –
emphasis added.
Zwicky apposes to the Austen quote
a keyword of communicative competence:
"The advantage of having nothing to say."
It's amazing how florid a caption can be
when it's notional.
For all the world positioned
as if to advantage.
"The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase."
As with the subject –
as if with the subject –
emphasis added.
Living Accommodation
This work, without hands, imagines an us. To join it, you must concede it that.
That agency.
That agency.
Wayfaring
To be done with the Subject, but not the person.
To leave aside progress, and its majority, for friendship and pardon.
To leave aside progress, and its majority, for friendship and pardon.
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