one might get an itch that there's something new that can be done with language... the most surprising thing that happened when i went pleasantly insane the first time is that i was possessed by the urge to write poetry. it was not polished, but i was astonished at the kinds of words that wanted to come out of me, words i had seen only in fantasy novels, words i never thought i would have the
Metaphor induces a madness in the person who discovers it. We are all awakened to metaphor by a particular writer, special to us, and then, as if granted a new conspiratorial thinking, we no longer proceed by deductive logic but instead search every new concept by a distant spider-web conjunction of stars so that the image comes together like puzzle pieces and the thought just happens to fall outs
I followed you a long while back on Twitter but I’m really happy to read more from you again on Substack, now that I’m a perma-lurker of sorts on social media.
It‘s good to be reminded that there is something still alive and screaming under the plastic veneer of everyday life—I love that your writing makes me remember and feel that
this is exquisite, thank you
Metaphor induces a madness in the person who discovers it. We are all awakened to metaphor by a particular writer, special to us, and then, as if granted a new conspiratorial thinking, we no longer proceed by deductive logic but instead search every new concept by a distant spider-web conjunction of stars so that the image comes together like puzzle pieces and the thought just happens to fall outs
nice. you might be interested in one of my twitter threads about thinking: https://twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1634408607268896768?s=20
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I followed you a long while back on Twitter but I’m really happy to read more from you again on Substack, now that I’m a perma-lurker of sorts on social media.
It‘s good to be reminded that there is something still alive and screaming under the plastic veneer of everyday life—I love that your writing makes me remember and feel that
i am glad to hear that <3