Slow Writing I (false start)
Slow writing (one word a day) was an experimental writing/drawing project started on 7 September 2015.
The challenge was to see if it was possible to keep the flow of a sentence going when each word is seperated by a 24-hour break (spoiler: it is not).
The first word of the sentence; never, was chosen to reflect upon the impossibilities of accepting, or understanding the true meaning of the word when f.i. dealing with the loss of a loved one. But because of the large breaks between the words I constantely lost track of what I wanted to say, and had to decide all over again -every single day- where this was going
The intention was to do this for almost a year, ending on the ten year anniversary of my father’s death.
Every day I sat down, came up with, and immediately drew the next word in the sentence.
The project had its own tumblr page, but drizzled away to a premature ending after three months.
The text as it ended up being reads:
NEVER IS TOO DEFINITE OR DIFFICULT A WORD FOR ME (BUT WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE WAY SOMETHING SO ELUSIVE WORKS, ANYWAY) TO GET MY HEAD AROUND. HAVING ESTABLISHED THAT, I WILL GIVE IT A GO BECAUSE I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT I NEED TO GET OUT OF THAT SAME HEAD AND INTO THE WORLD (OR ON PAPER AT LEAST). THERE IS THE SELFIMPOSED NEVER BASED ON A CERTAIN CONVICTION (I WILL NEVER EAT MEAT, F.I.) OR SOMEONE IMPOSING THEIR OWN PREJUDICE OR BELIEFS UPON YOU (YOU WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO
SLOW WRITING
The intention was to do this for almost a year, ending on the ten year anniversary of my father’s death.
Every day I sat down, came up with, and immediately drew the next word in the sentence.
The project had its own tumblr page, but drizzled away to a premature ending after three months.
The text as it ended up being reads:
NEVER IS TOO DEFINITE OR DIFFICULT A WORD FOR ME (BUT WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE WAY SOMETHING SO ELUSIVE WORKS, ANYWAY) TO GET MY HEAD AROUND. HAVING ESTABLISHED THAT, I WILL GIVE IT A GO BECAUSE I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT I NEED TO GET OUT OF THAT SAME HEAD AND INTO THE WORLD (OR ON PAPER AT LEAST). THERE IS THE SELFIMPOSED NEVER BASED ON A CERTAIN CONVICTION (I WILL NEVER EAT MEAT, F.I.) OR SOMEONE IMPOSING THEIR OWN PREJUDICE OR BELIEFS UPON YOU (YOU WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO
SLOW WRITING