Thursday 30 May 2024

Stein-inspired

In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling. In the morning there is meaning. In the meaning anything is anything, in the meaning there is everything, in the meaning there is nothing. In every space an absence of less, in every space a hint of more. In the evening there is feeling. In feeling anything is sleeping soundly, in feeling anything is rising from its bed, in feeling there is dulled and heightened sensations, in feeling there is tension, in feeling there is knowledge, stiffening or loosening neck, back, and shoulders. In meaning and in feeling a clean dream is danced.

Picture Credit: Equestrian Fantasy with Pink Lady, 1913, Alice Bailly (source: WikiArt).

See Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein.

Written December 2022.