Re: CHAT: Bob's Introduction

Irina Rempt wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > What did you do first, the language or the culture.
>
> The culture. At least that started first, then I wrote a little ditty
> in what I knew was the language of that culture, and developed them
> more or less in parallel from that moment on. I don't consciously
> "do" or "make" anything, it feels much more like discovering and
> describing what's already there.
>
Which sculptor was it that said that when they make a sculpture, they
are really just finding the form hidden in the marble reather than
creating something original? That sounds what you're talking about. My
language isn't really like that, at least not yet. I haven't done too
much work on it, so that can change.

--
Robert