Tuesday, May 29, 2012

i remember . . .


. . . the first time I saw the word HORIZONTAL. Mrs. Ambroise, my Kindergarten teacher, one hand behind her back, was writing it on the chalkboard, and seeing the word unfold letter by letter, seeing it stretch all the way across the board like some kind of sacred or magical formula -- so long, so exotic, so z-filled, so horizontal --thrilled me to my core.