6/18
reading Conducting Bodies — the laughter of a jungle bird — I think of the laughing sound of
a strange bird a couple of nights ago during an early morning storm “hee hee hee” —
the mad laughter again coincides with the sound of a crow
a voice interrupts — Kim — things to do — glance around — cats
idea to write a novel — the pile up of writing — the back and forth movement
I always get into where attention shifts from day books etc to the novel and back —
I can’t close off or isolate a part of the writing — I digress — I interrupt
gallery work — a walk to the college — beautiful day — patterns of the clouds —
layers — systems of weather — grass needs mowing — I walk
manila folder — Williams books to return to the library — I walk back — folder only
layout of the text (layers layouts) the strange line format of Conducting Bodies —
what would it look like with different types for the different layers —
what would Butor’s work look like in one type (A Sense of Place) — my own writing formats
a page of binary print outs from the text file of the word processor — hexadecimal print out
the layers in Simon — layers of my life — from book to book — magazine articles —
writing reading — seeing listening — flowers in the breeze — a truck
rustle of a gust of wind — sky shades grey to blue — a tiny swallow —
black against the grey (ideas for gallery sign — grey walls — black white grey interior) —
black letters white paper — the sun comes through — incessant sound of the sparrows and finches
(swallow press — Black Sparrow Press) — a swallow of coffee — layers of association
grey squirrel — grey wood of the deck — green colors of the flowers
possible description — activities of the birds at the feeder
possibility for a novel describing work — layers of time collapsed into an artificial time —
descriptions etc — make a few notes each day and elaborate — carry a small notebook for jotting —
then put everything together — how?
layers of possibilities — these notes etc
these dense notes which i am getting so bored copying — what am i going to do with all this