These fragments of Dickinsonian text are fascinating. The theory is that she wasn't just being frugal and using any old materials she had at hand, but that the shape and layout of her hieroglyphic text mattered as well. That we should see these as visual poems. Here is the translation of the above image, readable, if doubly cryptic due to positioning:
TITAA #17: Crashing in Scenic Places, With Flan
TITAA #17: Crashing in Scenic Places, With…
These fragments of Dickinsonian text are fascinating. The theory is that she wasn't just being frugal and using any old materials she had at hand, but that the shape and layout of her hieroglyphic text mattered as well. That we should see these as visual poems. Here is the translation of the above image, readable, if doubly cryptic due to positioning: