A thicker stroke. A thinner one. The mustaches of the t's longer or shorter, depending on how free the hand of the person who set them down. The little pigtail of the o, standing straight up or drooping. Not to mention the instep, the crooked legs of the letters. The columns. The fleurons. The finials. The curlicues. The campanulas capping the capitals. The morning-glory vines of the flourishes drawn in a single spiral with one stroke of the pen, which is what Your Excellency traces beneath his Supreme Nature, climbing the wall of the writing sometimes ... Enough of your scriptuary floriculture, you dimwit!
(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
I The Supreme - pg. 25
Labels: Augusto Roa Bastos, Master-quotes
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