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Gather.
◻ Choose a box. It can be any size, shape, and kind you’d like. Ex.: velvet ringboxes, dented cardboard movers, metal cigar cases. |
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Combine.
◻ Start placing collecteds in the box. It can be difficult to tell what will live well in it; experimentation is the heart of the process. You can put things in the box over and over. |
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Again.
◻ Now, collect again, picking up all that you fought away before. Ex.: guide moments down gently, like a moth, frantic in the cup of your hands; interactions that echo can I tell you I love you before I go?. ◻ Close the box and let it rest. |
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Open.
◻ Observe. Ex.: crescent-moon pinecones open, propagating toothpick saplings Ex.: the parking receipt is no longer paper, but printed on a tulip tree leaf Ex.: a reverberation travels up the sides: (you can (you may (please do))) |
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Again.
◻ Continue as needed. Ex.: Ideally, the box will never be empty, and never be full. |
Aidan Daniel (she/her) is an MFA candidate at Randolph College. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Maudlin House, the LAMP Journal, and Riverviews Artspace's BeatBurg initiative. You can find her barely tweeting at @aidanthemaiden.
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