Spell of the Senuous #5

"As we have already seen, the process of learning to read and write with the alphabet engenders a new, profoundly reflexive, sense of self. The capacity to view and even to dialogue with one's own words after writing them down, or even in the process of writing them down, enables a new sense of autonomy and independence from others, and even from the sensuous surroundings that had earlier been one's constant interlocutor." (page 112)

In response to this passage, I decided to embroider, thinking about language, as well as the experience of communication. I chose to use to works "speak", "vous parlez" (you speak in french) and "listen". I used recycled canvas with green paint, which I thought went well with the writing because of the spontaneity that language can hold.