'De-create and re-create'

 

“Weparticipate in the creation of the world by de-creating ourselves.”– Anne Carson

Born in Canada in June of 1950Carson is a poet, essayist, translator and professor.  She has taught at universities across theU.S. and Canada, including McGill, Michigan and Princeton.   The author of more than 20 books, she is therecipient of three of the most distinguished and richest writing awards – theGuggenheim, the MacArthur, and the Lannan.  For Saturday’s Poem here isCarson’s,

 

     Short Talk on Chromo-Luminarism

 

            Sunlightslows down Europeans. Look at all those
            spellboundpeople in Seurat. Look at Monsieur,
            sittingdeeply. Where does a European go when he
            is‘lost in thought'? Seurat has painted that
            place—theold dazzler! It lies on the other
            sideof attention, a long lazy boatride from here.
             It is A Sunday rather than A Saturdayafternoon
            there.Seurat has made this clear by a special
            method."Ma méthode," he called it, rather testily,
            whenwe asked him. He caught us hurrying through
            thechill green shadows like adulterers. The
            riverwas opening and closing its stone lips.
            Theriver was pressing Seurat to its lips.

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