letter as literature

Victoria,

Attached are three works that are still in the beginning stages of reverie. Calvino said that in each of his published products he changed—that he, as writer, perhaps wasn’t initially recognizable to the reader. Supposedly he wanted it this way; he wanted his texts to feel different, speak differently and show a different character from his selves that had broken through his mind and fallen on to the page. Of course those are my own words, but I can imagine that was how he reasoned. I wanted these three works to do something similar. I wanted to write something lighter—text that wasn’t as weighted and words that felt soft. Maybe recent authors I have been reading and the delicacy involved in their feminine voices influenced me. Maybe I wanted to think gently and sound gentle, as a woman is perceived to do. Regardless of what I wanted, I hope that the works speak to the reader and allows him/her to find something that is relatable. Lastly, the works deal less with the philosophy that is pulled loose from the knot of thought and more with trying to just be and to observe as is. The first work could develop into a lifetime scroll—fleeting but weighted reactions to emotions and/or conditions. The second piece came before the third and helped arouse visions for a longer scene of text.

I hope the words feel cool and leave one warm,
Chelsea Leigh Trescott