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How Mental Is Experimental Writing?
An individually universal experiment
(ex-pe-ri-men-tal [1] wri-ting [2])[3]
potion
sassy mind
solar arm
matcha sole [9], [10]
/ɛkˌspɛrɪˈmɛnt(ə)l ˈrʌɪtɪŋ/ [11]
an unfledged thought,
simmering, complete
in its in com ple tion. [12]
experiment = complete in its incompletion [13]
/ -t(ə)l/ [14]
[1] Lexico says: “based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized” OR “relating to scientific experiments” OR “involving a radically new and innovative style” OR “based on experience as opposed to authority or conjecture (archaic)”
[2] Lexico says: “the activity or skill of writing” OR “the activity or occupation of composing text for publication”
[3] So, what is it, the nature of “experimental writing”? Is it a way to produce a text that is incomplete, fragmented, broken — in other words, unfit for publication? Or is it a “technique” one first has to invent in order to expand the canon of publishable writing? If the latter is true, how far does a writer need to push? How…
