"I’m drawn to this idea of language as a stage that we all show up to
see. First of all, it’s exciting to think there are objects in the field
of language, that there are actually things to see... Language uses our
memory of objects and our desire for meaning to world-build. So, if I’m
inside your metaphor, and I’ve arrived at this stage upon which I will
see language, I’m giddy, because I think I’m looking at nothing. Nothing
is happening in my eyes. Though, somewhere else (perhaps through some
other kind of seeing) shapes emerge. Signals go off and meaning parades
through our brains. How fantastic is that?"
— Renee Gladman (speaking of her then forthcoming book Calamaties (in Bomb, Nov 2013)
— Renee Gladman (speaking of her then forthcoming book Calamaties (in Bomb, Nov 2013)
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