Face attached to Constraints

I suppose, since I wasn’t as impressed with our visitor as most were, that it takes some real stunts to hold my interest. He was great! , but forgettable. I can’t even remember his name, I just remember the lesson he was attached to, and the Rolodex of songs he played. I don’t remember the lyrics, but I remember they made me giggle. So he did spread good vibes about constraints, which was notable, but I guess his approach on constraints just wasn’t my thing.

He seems to be a natural when it comes to placing limitations on his work, in fact he must be the type of person who need deadlines in order to achieve a goal. Naturals aren't good at explaining the how to's in life. And this is what I was looking for a PROCESS (sit at computer, face computer screen, eat some chocolate . . .); however I do understand it is hard to go into great detail when things come natural to a person. It's automatic. So no real thought goes intothe automatic as Shklovsky points out in his theory of Defamiliarization. I couldn't explain English to this Japanese guy I kept saying, "Because that's how it is." Japanese people did the same to me when I asked about particles; they'd say, "Nihongo kara" (Because it is Japanese).

We don't think in a constrained formats, so I would have liked to have seen some free verse etched out on the board (which has it's own set of rules) and then cut down into traditional, maybe that would have helped me (I'm not sure). I've tried it ! and it's always muck. My sonnet was high shit.