Phenomenotes,Where?, unpublished manuscript, 63 pages, unnumbered. 1973 Phenomenotes, an experimental work exploring the making of meaning(s) in the sparest of terms using text, letters, signs and numbers, was made on a manual typewritter in the winter of 1973. Where? is a word work in the form of a question focused on the immediate and literal nature of the text, in this case, the lexical structure of its title. This work reveals language as a medium that can be explored reflexively for its own properties, much like the artist investigating the properties of paint or stone for their own sake.

Phenomenotes, the letter t, unpublished

manuscript, 63 pages, unnumbered. 1973

The letter t is a deceptively simple list or string of letters similar to a Concrete poem. A work of linguistic deadpan, the list references itself by singling out each letter in the fragment, left to right and top to bottom (from t to t). This linguistic scaffold or collection of letters seems pointless, although, even removed from the context of the manuscript the work presents language in a rudimentary state: a stack of letters presented as a stack of materials, nothing more, nothing less.

Phenomenotes, Eye, unpublished

manuscript, 63 pages, unnumbered. 1973

Eye is a visual poem that can stand alone. However, in Phenomenotes it follows the letter t on the previous page. Understood phonetically as: 'yes I see,' the poem affirms an understanding of the letter t in a rhyme while also suggesting the centrality of visual perception. A doubt is then raised on the page following Eye through a single centered question mark. This bit of punctuation in turn leads to ten pages of single words: never/mind/seeing/your/turn/you/as/thoughts/these/are.

These words are meant to be read backwards, culminating with the question mark just before never, forming a cryptic question.