for language's sake

words and phrases that stuck out somehow

a sudden vision, a pause to ponder, then a rush to get it all down.

Alexandra Schwartz • Miranda July Turns the Lights On

consci-anxious

More striking, and moving, is the alphabetically ordered, temporally disordered narration: ‘Grandma died. Grandma has been sick. Grandma is ailing still’. Death, after all, comes before life in the dictionary.

Celine Nguyen • Sheila Heti, In Conversation with Herself

potent/ial

line of questioning

algo(rhythm)

path of inquiry

I gave you nothing of myself

away/towards, a way to words