by can- » Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:44 pm
(speaking to an english teacher) "I call my sophomore collection.. "Non-Tidal." It means "the title of my collection, is that there is no title-- it is "non-title." It's a cheeky double entendre, playing on preexisting nautical themes and other plays-on-words, like the "Time" Jacket, which is both a pun, in 'Story Time,' and also a reference to its prison origins ("Doing Time)." It also refers to the passage of time itself, because I love old things and I love when my things get older. My collection is called "Non-Tidal," also meaning "Not a Title," which is both the absence of a Title and a comment on Titles generally. It also has something to do with my studio being a boat on the water (Tidal) and all the colors being blue like water is blue. Also my favorite song of all time is Ebb and Flow by 311. It is also open to interpretation because the author's intent is not the final word and I understand that.
English teacher: "I have a basic understanding of Foucauldian discourse analysis and am not a total prig, so I sign this with an "OK.""