In reply to <a href="http://www.abecedariumnyc.org/2020/05/23/the-power-of-the-word/#comment-19450">Rebecca Shapass</a>. Hello, Rebecca. Yes. I loved his post. I was thinking as I wrote this one that there's definitely similarities. I'm so enjoying the opportunity to write in this space. I'm trying to frame everything with some kind of connection to the city. I had never heard of bibliomancy (though it makes lots of intuitive sense). There are so many possible avenues...It's really exciting!

In reply to <a href="http://www.abecedariumnyc.org/2020/05/25/klutzing-while-isolated/#comment-19451">Rebecca Shapass</a>. Thanks, Rebecca. I have really appreciated your entries as well.

Karen, what a lovely meditation on fragility & temporality in a time of ineffable but deeply shared solitude. I really loved the line "Absence too is an event." A poetic and much needed reminder.

Hi Rodrigo, Your post can't help but remind me of Erik's last post under bibliomancy. I think you would enjoy his book title rearrangement method. It could be very fun and generative for you! http://www.abecedariumnyc.org/2020/05/04/the-night-window-bibliomancy-or-vaticination/ I have done this a few time with my books and have found the results very exciting. Here's one fresh off the shelf: mythologies from a time of useful consciousness a history of liars in furs

In reply to <a href="http://www.abecedariumnyc.org/2020/05/23/the-power-of-the-word/#comment-19431">In Choi</a>. Dear In, Thank you again for reminding me of the importance of Borroughs. I need to look into his work!

In reply to <a href="http://www.abecedariumnyc.org/2020/05/23/the-power-of-the-word/#comment-19429">Karen Sztajnberg</a>. Thank you, Karen. Yes...fewer words is always a challenge but often rewarding. It's funny that you mentioned Ithaca. I've just started re-reading Ulysses for the first time in twenty-five years or so. All of the stories about going back home!

Dear Rodrigo, As a resident of Los Angeles, I've always envied the surroundings of NYC, which seem to offer endless inspirations. It's heartening to see that you're finding inspirations even in a time like now. It must have been thrilling to find your root in Kansas, a home state of William S. Burroughs whose cut-up technique is very similar to your song writing process.

Being no stranger to word play myself, i am also coming around to think that there is value to fewer words, and more rhetorical observation. Maybe make Topeka your post-isolation Ithaca? Enjoy the “holiday” K

In reply to <a href="http://www.abecedariumnyc.org/2020/05/25/klutzing-while-isolated/#comment-19427">Rodrigo Alonzo</a>. Muchas gracias, Rodrigo. Un abrazo.

What a beautiful piece, Karen! The whole think resonates deeply. I love the lines about the cracks in the cups with the coffee-stained seams. I'm going to be looking at my kitchen in a new way.