Dear Class,
Happy Passover, Easter, Spring (I hope)! It seems like many of us a still a bit behind. That's OK, let's just try to not get too far behind. I want to make sure everyone has time to respond to your writing assignments.
A note on the readings for this week. I will post one (and side links) here. And send some pdfs over email tomorrow. My thought for this week is to take on the angle of the "found." Either actual found text, or found forms (an example already: the recipe piece). But for today I am including a link to John D'Agata's piece on outsider artist Henry Darger, whose massive body of art and writings were found only after his death. He had worked for years as a janitor; no one knew. It's interesting to think of the lyric essay as a way to talk about other kinds of art, especially an artist like this whose work is vast in scope and unlike pretty much anything else. I think the form actually helps D'Agata tackle the seemingly impossible. There's also a link to John reading an excerpt of his piece. Have fun. Like I said, more tomorrow. best, Sarah
https://www.facebook.com/events/1415571095360316/
I don't like the type in this transcription (white on grey) and also it should be noted that in the original the *'s indicate page breaks. Which means some very short lines float alone on the page:
http://greenlanternpress.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/collage-history-of-art-by-henry-darger/
Here is a link or two about the artist Henry Darger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger
http://www.folkartmuseum.org/darger
http://hyperallergic.com/65318/on-henry-dargers-15000-page-novel/
Happy Passover, Easter, Spring (I hope)! It seems like many of us a still a bit behind. That's OK, let's just try to not get too far behind. I want to make sure everyone has time to respond to your writing assignments.
A note on the readings for this week. I will post one (and side links) here. And send some pdfs over email tomorrow. My thought for this week is to take on the angle of the "found." Either actual found text, or found forms (an example already: the recipe piece). But for today I am including a link to John D'Agata's piece on outsider artist Henry Darger, whose massive body of art and writings were found only after his death. He had worked for years as a janitor; no one knew. It's interesting to think of the lyric essay as a way to talk about other kinds of art, especially an artist like this whose work is vast in scope and unlike pretty much anything else. I think the form actually helps D'Agata tackle the seemingly impossible. There's also a link to John reading an excerpt of his piece. Have fun. Like I said, more tomorrow. best, Sarah
https://www.facebook.com/events/1415571095360316/
I don't like the type in this transcription (white on grey) and also it should be noted that in the original the *'s indicate page breaks. Which means some very short lines float alone on the page:
http://greenlanternpress.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/collage-history-of-art-by-henry-darger/
Here is a link or two about the artist Henry Darger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger
http://www.folkartmuseum.org/darger
http://hyperallergic.com/65318/on-henry-dargers-15000-page-novel/
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