Gary Barwin on Rachel Zolf's Human Resources

On the blog of the fantastic writer Gary Barwin (Raising Eyebrows), you can find an in-depth essay on Rachel Zolf's Human Resources. We recommend it to anyone interested in Zolf's work or language in general.<!--newline--><!--newline-->'Zolf finds music in the pitter patter lexical drumming of the most common English words especially when combined with the rim shot syncopations of the WordCount values thrown in: 'the w1 of w2 and to a in that it is was I for on w13 you he be with as by at have are this not but had his they from she which or we an there…' (34) The list pulls out of its rhythmic nosedive at WordCount100, only to bank up to 'RSP's and then, slyly, to a discussion of the Kabbalistic idea that each letter of God's speech, the Sefirot, represents one of the different creative forces which made the known universe.<!--newline--><!--newline-->'We can make the inference that each word of our common speech, our own 21st century sefirot, as represented in the WordCount list, is a creative force which makes our own known universe.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Visit http://hsclink.hillstrath.on.ca for the full essay.