"Things as they are/Are changed upon the blue guitar."
-Wallace Stevens
I’ve been troubled by computer problems and an inconstant internet these past few days. I had to remind myself there was a time when such things were not only unnecessary, but not even available. I had to think: what, then, were the things I used to use?
I’ve been troubled by computer problems and an inconstant internet these past few days. I had to remind myself there was a time when such things were not only unnecessary, but not even available. I had to think: what, then, were the things I used to use?
I no longer own a typewriter, so I looked around for a notebook and a pen. I found them foreign objects, and inefficient. I looked for a dictionary, but had only a small paperback that didn’t contain what I required. I wanted confirmation of something I’d been told: that the etymological root of the word “poet” was “maker.” Without my usual tools to search, I was thrown back on my own experience for proof.
