Why write? Is writing making?

What is telling? What is showing?

What are clichés in writing, and how do I subvert them?

Are artists' writings taken seriously?

How do I know when to stop writing?

How do I start writing?


Making the Written Word will investigate and encourage the use of writing as a relevant outlet of expression at all stages of artists’ and designers’ studio practice. Each of the four sessions will aim to answer specific questions through readings, writing exercises, and discussion. This blog is a forum for the discussion generated and a place to leave references for each other.




Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Hesitation

Hi! I wanted to share a poem I wrote a little while ago. There was one sentence in a novel that really stood out to me, so I used only the words in that sentence. Each sentence in a novel goes by so quickly, so I wanted to pause to explore one. I also made an illustration for it. Let me know what this poem makes you think of or anything. The sentence comes from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother.







Hesitation


She didn’t even give a sign of hesitation,
a sign when they asked her
her free, true, and definitive will
found, herself once more,
didn’t even give a sign.

She (when they asked her),
free, true, and definitive.
Since her birth she didn’t even give
a sign of hesitation,
her true will since her birth,
her definitive will.
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