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A Body That’s All Surface

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I am going to describe something that I think is idealistic. Idealism can be practical because the world we want must be drawn upon the world we live in, and also because it necessitates a collaboration — I imagine something different and you imagine something back. I keep scrap paper and a pencil on a shelf by the shower because my thoughts most often cohere while bathing. It is not possible to carry these ideas out within my body. I’ve attempted to memorize them, but no. I take one of the papers, stick it to the steam-adhesive wall, and write what arrives. The shower seems to be for external maintenance but is more crucially for looking inward. It would be nice if thinking could be done more often while dry. That there are sometimes dry occasions for thought — such as while riding my bicycle in traffic, or kneading dough for my challahs, or not paying perfect attention to someone who is speaking to me — indicates that ideas come best when it is inconvenient to write them down, in the

A Body That’s All Surface '. || _ `> \||.' |/ The Back Room MENU A Body That’s All Surface Elisabeth Nicula Elisabeth Nicula 2.27.2024 I am going to describe something that I think is idealistic. Idealism can be practical because the world we want must be drawn upon the world we live in, and also because it necessitates a collaboration — I imagine something different and you imagine something back. I keep scrap paper and a pencil on a shelf by the shower because my thoughts most often cohere while bathing. It is not possible to carry these ideas out within my body. I’ve attempted to memorize t

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