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Art theory. Humble and mere. What erases
itself to present itself. Both itself and not itself.
The inspiration to scratch was Qs,* which I highlight in
documentation with magic marker, like so -
- to distinguish it from the rest of a text, similar to the way
one might highlight text for inclusion in the index of a book: a
spine to a body.
Scratch begins as an editorial mark, to strike
out accident, error or a passage too questionable to keep. One
then builds a cell, like so -
.
A box is then made out of a block by putting something in it:
giving it a name. The beginning of a scratch is something the
obverse of a Q, which emphatic passage is kept because it
is questionable, that is, of notice. Both the highlighting of a Q
and a Scratch are something of an obelus, as well as an obelisk (a
symbol, rather dense, of a sun ray). Derridean erasure haunts the
vicinity of either. As with the slash that transverses O to make
Q, Origin(ality) (movement, presence, contact) haunts somewhere
about.
In giving pause, a scratch is a rest while a Q is a note. (As in
Mo, paying attention.) Until, out of nothingness, scratch is
given a name, an itch, a mystery, upon putting a previous one put
to rest. Just so, Scratch is agitation, an excitement, the same,
yet not, as the vibration that is a Q. It eventually develops into
little paintings, little creations illustrating the rest of the
text (always a mystery). Like Viola's cartoons, one of the
disciplines is the use of as few instruments and mediums as
possible. Fittingly, most of the Nines are done with
Caran d'Ache body makeup.
All in all, Scratch is but a transition from word to image either, if not both, to embellish or overcome a problem in the text, often given as its title, usually in reference to relevant text, sometimes to be found in relevant text, sometimes located in the ghost itself. Itch and Scratch may also be investigated as a cycle.
And when is this earth more naked? When it
bears forth or conceals its abundance? When it clothes itself in
expressiveness or when it withholds its fertility? When its
budding is barely beginning or when it begins to breathe: "I shall
not last"? To which Delacroix adds that "a handful of naive
inspiration is better than anything else."
Cue: Enjoy.
Foreplay: Tongue in cheek.
Scratch One
-
Scratch Two
Scratch Three
