Wednesday 13 July 2016

What is up with that?

This is a phrase (SUP' WID DAT?) that I saw on a bumper sticker. I liked how neatly the letters in the phrase divided into a simple 3x3 matrix. This small construction (7.5x7.5x3) is made from builders foam, wall filler and enamel paint.(1996 ish)

A friend tells a story about his three year old, whose words were written on a boulder with grease pencil: "gwab dat". 

Imagining this rock with text on it summarizes a dilemma of language for me; we try to get a handle on it and pocket it for our own use, but it's all too often unmanageable. 

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