Breath (pneuma) has always been seen as a sign of life... Language is speech before it is anything. It is born of babble and
shaped by imitating other sounds. It therefore must be listened to while
it is being written. So the next time someone asks you that stupid
question, “Who is your audience?” or “Whom do you write for?” you can
answer, “The ear.” I don’t just read Henry James; I hear him... The
writer must be a musician—accordingly. Look at what you’ve written, but
later... at your leisure. First — listen.
William H. Gass, in
The Sentence Seeks Its Form, encontrado
aqui.
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| Agnès Varda, Uncle Yanco (1967). |
