luminous work -- laylage courie

I make things from words. Poetry, sound, theater, collage.

Brooklyn, NY USA

i make things from words.  things that intend towards light.  here is that round box from the attic.  inside, letters, photographs, unlabeled cassette tapes.  some embossed invitations to my imaginative parties, which are select and increasingly irregular.  like you, i grow old.  i keep my hands busy and my mind occupied.  if it would be better to hold something in your hands other than a machine send me a message and i will send you something real.

she considers his question

October 01, 2021  /  luminous work


I wrote too much about a confusing relationship while reading Carson's translations of the few fragments left of Sappho’s lyrics. Need I remind you that she was one of humanity’s great poets? Look on my works, ye mighty and despair! 

I ripped my writing up.  I reassembled it as if reconstructing ancient pieces of parchment from an archaeological dig. 

The remains:  a fragmented meditation on love and art as ravaged by time.   The wind.  The muse.  Ah, Bacchanal!

I recorded my poem, mixed it with dissociated sound effects and a broken riff, then made a movie with images of the text.

This poem was included in issue 41.2 of Permafrost as a winner of their 2019 New Alchemy contest. You can see it here.

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