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March 22, 2005

Acrostic

   Do you remember that I live with my girlfriend who works as a litterature teacher. I hope you guess that each day I hear her talking about litterature. She more exactly bludgeons me into reading books everyday. At the moment, she cannot help speaking about OuLiPo! But what is OuLiPo?

   OuLiPo is a french litterature movement. The name means "Ouvroir de Littrature Potentielle" in french ("workroom of potential litterature" in english). The moment were created by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais in 1960. But what does their work consist in?

   Their aim is to write constrainedly. For instance, Georges Perec, a member of OuLiPo, wrote La Disparition (The Disappearance) in 1969, in which he never uses the letter "e"... Unbelievable!!!

   Now in order to describe myself, I wrote an acrostic of my name, whose aim is to focus on my qualities and my values:


          TEAMWORK, is where I feel good
         
HUMOUR and HONESTY, these are my H values
          OPPORTUNITY, never refuse them                      
         
MATURITY, may help you to know who you are and whou you want to be
         
ACKNOLEDGEMENT, never forget people who helped you
         
SEIZE THE LIFE, never forget it

          MARTIN LUTHER KING, he is a model for me
         
ACCEPT things that you cannot change
         
UNDERSTANDING, a great skill when you work in team
         
RESEARCH, this is what I want to do
         
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUS, that is what I try to be in my everydaylife
         
RISKs take some and keep on trying
                               
          

   

Posted by Thomas Maurer on March 22, 2005 at 03:07 PM | Permalink

Comments

Hello,

What's most amazing about George Perec's 'La disparition' is that it has been translated in English. The translation is called 'A Void' and as you can see, there is no 'e' in the title. The story is EXACTLY the same !!!

By the way, I think you should remove the spaces you put before every paragraph. I find it makes your blog hard to read !

Posted by: Jean-Baptiste (WeAllCan participant) | Apr 1, 2005 12:26:42 AM

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