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Text that binds
Derek Witucki
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Inane facets
SPUR
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A – Oldstyle Serif, cast iron, under 1” The Dallas Arboretum, Women’s Garden. Architectural art in a public garden.
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&
the smell of laurel
l o n g ing aches
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B – Clarendon Serif, cast steel, 9” Houston Barge Terminal, East End. Descriptive trademark on a crane.
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parades , long summers,
beginnings,
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C – Geometric Sans Serif, neon, 3’ Rice Village, Houston. Restaurant Signage.
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sips of coffeeand guilt
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D – Glyphic Slab Serif, aged digital print, over 2’ Rice Village, Houston. Billboard advertising.
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and
I recall
a silly mannerism
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E – Grotesque Sans Serif, aged vinyl on steel, 4” The Museum District, Houston. Notice at a flower shop.
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I mimic to this day.
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F – Art Deco Sans Serif, CNC cut wood, 2’ Rice Village, Houston. Placemaking logotype in a café.
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Hints of sights
summon histories
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G – Sans Serif, Neon Lighting, 5” Downtown Houston. Decor at a bar and grill.
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and the chime of endless music,
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H – Sans Serif, translucent vinyl on glass, 3” Galleria, Houston. Placemaking logotype on conference room door.
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the burn of wit unspoken
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I – Grotesque Sans Serif, cracked reflective coating on metal, 10” The Medical District, Houston. Street signage at an intersection.
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and BITTERNESS gone.
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J – Transitional Serif, sandblasted concrete, 5” Hermann Park, Houston. Dedication at a public garden.
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memoirs,Not memory,
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K – Stylized writing, paint, 1.5” The Museum District, Houston. Artist signature at a mural.
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jump out from slices of SIGHTS I’ve known
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L – Grotesque Sans Serif, peeling vinyl on metal, 2.5” East End, Houston. Warning signage at a factory.
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of self
with pangs
and belonging.
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M – Sans Serif, worn vinyl on glass, 3” Downtown Dallas. Label for pedestrian entrance at a parking garage.
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What binds airs to place and place to me?
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N – Transitional Serif, engraved wood, 1.5” Meyerland, Houston. An order marker from a bakery.
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maybe fallacies,
It's dualities,
between
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O – Graffiti Script, paint lettered over brick, 4.5’ The Museum District, Houston. An artistic mural.
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abuses &
lusting &
routine.
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P – Sans Serif, neon lighting, 1” Rice Village, Houston. Product signage in a storefront.
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The rumbling of
“I WAS HERE”
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Q – Serif, mosaic titles, 2.5” Thanksgiving Square, Dallas. Decorative site marker.
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isn’t for theprintsI left.
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R – Grotesque Sans Serif, channel letter using anodized aluminum, 1’ Rice Village, Houston. Building-front signage at a children’s medical center.
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were left in me.
They
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S – Handwriting, paint over rusted iron, 1” East End, Houston. A pedestrian bridge on Buffalo Bayou trail.
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Should I never return,
I am still bound—
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T – Handwriting, chalk graffiti on train rail, 4’ East End, Houston. Railroad in a vacant industrial lot.
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stirring at slight shadows
of a name.
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U – Serif, remnant mounting adhesive, 2’ East End, Houston. Furniture manufacturer’s former depot.
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I said “it’s not place; it’s people.”
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V – Sans Serif, paint stenciled on asphalt, 3” Rice Village, Houston. Notice in a parking lot.
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But place is people!
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W – Oldstyle Serif, cast metal, 4” University of Houston. Water main access.
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And by circumstance,
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X – Grotesque Sans Serif, stenciled spray paint, 3” Rice Village, Houston. Deteriorating paint layers on a marked curb stop.
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I will carry planks from
both boats
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Y – Rounded and Condensed Sans Serif, CNC routed plywood, 5” Main Street Garden Park, Dallas. Hashtag on a community posting board.
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through new places whose facets spur me even more.
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Z – Graffiti Script, written spray paint over glass, 2.5’ The Museum District, Houston. An abandoned commercial building.
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