On Friday 08 Feb 2008 12:05 pm, Abhishek Hazra wrote: > indeed. the pleasures of workmanship (yes, its a gendered word, but > you get my point) thanks for sharing the details - i am always > fascinated by workplace details, particularly the accretion of traces > of use - small alcoves with well thumbed paperbacks, or the softboard > that becomes a palimpsest of markings, jottings and random visual > ephemera. > what is also interesting is how this description uses the question of > the "color and texture of the desk surface" to shift the register of > the description - from a bulleted list to a more narrative mode. and > though "gaps" remain in this narrative mode too, as a reader you don't > sense it immediately - rather you are left with a sense of rich > detail. (a 72 dpi photo that looks more like a 300 dpi one) > i guess the interesting thing about a narrativised description is > precisely this tension between the real and perceived "resolution" of > the description. > and also here the fascinating thing is the 'biography of objects' and > how an apparently simple structure like a workbench can reveal such a > wealth of meaningful detail.
Well blow me down! That was one heckuva piece of prose. shiv
