Abstract
In this manuscript, I attempt to articulate and present a fully formed aesthetic through poetry and brief prose pieces. Problems I address include spirituality in art, technology, language play, composition by field, and the mystery of pronouns. I attempt to foreground the materiality of language in “Call,” the first section. I was influenced by the writings of Robert Creeley and e.e. cummings, among others, in the composition of “Call.” The second section, “How,” is titled after the Hebrew name for the Biblical book of Lamentations, and alludes to “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg. It is intended as a nexus of contemporary life in Sacramento, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” and Lamentations. I conclude the manuscript with a somewhat tongue-in-cheek response to T.S. Eliot’s Tradition and the Individual Talent.