Lexical exercises

If language is a subject that the road wears out, then the texts of this book seek to scrutinize the broad field in which language operates. Starting from it being a natural phenomenon perceived on cave walls and at the edges of tongues, and ending with it being a cultural activity practiced between humans and their brothers, and between the pen and the machine. The texts invest in their reflections on the subject with poetic and narrative energies that are innovative and proportionate to the need for them, taking language not only as a subject but as a mode from which they derive their tools, artistic vision, and stance. The book's texts take the form of scattered lexical materials or diverse plants in a linguistic and conceptual nursery that organizes the necessary climate for the growth and flourishing of its plants. They are playful exercises and serious games at the same time. They sometimes stage words, expressions, and even sounds, then suggest avenues through which one can view those linguistic components with sharp and fresh perspectives. Sometimes they reignite the spark of meaning, sometimes they fabricate miniature, specific linguistic myths, and sometimes they bestow on words attributes exclusive to humans themselves, and at other times they shake the collective conspiracy of forgetfulness, which is the condition of meaning, and sometimes they dismantle worn-out metaphors and establish new ones in their place. Thus, overall, they present a clear image of language that goes beyond the set of open gaps it offers. Just as a prism intercepts the white sunlight and extracts hidden colors from the view, these texts intervene between you and language, forever changing your way of seeing it, disrupting your relationship with it, and consequently your relationship with yourself as a self that cannot be imagined outside that language.