ABSTRACT
Glove, pollen, rat, cap, stick. As I encountered these items, they shimmied back and forth … between … stuff to ignore, except insofar as it betokened human activity (the workman’s efforts, the litterer’s toss, the rat-poisoner’s success), and … stuff that commanded attention in its own right, as existents in excess of their association with human meanings, habits or projects. 1
