Wrack Lariat - Softcover

Levinson, Heller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996007989 ISBN 13: 9780996007986

Publisher: Commonwealth Books, Black Widow, 2015

Synopsis

Hinge Theory first exfoliated in Smelling Mary (Howling Dog Press, 2008) and from stone this running (Black Widow Press, 2011). Wrack Lariat further emboldens Hinge pioneering by launching four new modules and offering Fusionistic Intercoursing with visual artists past and present. These Intercourses further cement the Robustness that is Hinge, the sheer 'Hygiene' of the Charged Magnetically Explorative. The philosopher Edmund Husserl concluded that "it is essentially impossible for the spatial shape of the physical thing to be given otherwise than in mere one--sided adumbrations." As if defining Hinge itself, Husserl states, "every experiential multiplicity, no matter how extensive, still leaves open more precise and novel determinations of the physical thing." This inability to "complete" a work exacerbated the 20th century artist Alberto Giacometti who insightfully realized "Artistic depiction is not limited by its own empirical deficiencies, but is, by definition, a never-ending process--endlessly painting over what has already been painted, repeatedly scraping away what has already been expunged, only for it to return anew in some different form." The "never-ending process" so frustrating Giacometti is the Elixir of Hinge. In Wrack Lariat we find Hinge Exalting in Multiplicitous Expansionisms Endlessly Mobilizing, cheerfully trumping needs to fixate, to grasp, to en-frame, to conclude. It is fitting that Wrack Lariat ends with an opening: the section "Aperture."

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About the Author

Heller Levinson's previous books include from stone this running, Smelling Mary, and ToxiCity: Poems of the Coconut Vulva. Levinson's poems and writings have appeared in hundreds of journals and literary outlets around the world. Hinge Theory proponents continue to grow, especially among visual artists. He lives in New York where he studies animal behavior. See more at hellerlevinson.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Commonwealth Books, Black Widow
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0996007989
• ISBN 13: 9780996007986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332