brief _ on Scrawl
The first line of Susana Gardner’s Scrawl [pdf file, 314 Kb] is quite perfect, and the first page is only the incipit of a series of grids of meanings, with concise deep statements about reality put in charming proportions among blank spaces and redoubling signs as quick semantic switches.
It seems the opposite of what the word "scrawl" means. Line 1: "A REALISM LOST HER NAME : MARIE". While the statement seems to be ‘understatement’, "A REAL" comes to light. While the question of realism (denotation) is out, a name gets lost: Marie. Is she the Duchamp’s "Mariée"?
[m.g.]
