sounded languaging

instructions for nimbility

Still from Animated Opera Majena Mafe

ringing  cheeping  gasping smashing  piercing peeping whooping  tinkling ......    raucous chattering crooning bellowing sobbing bumping snarling  growling ... pitch crying  thumping  burping croaking clattering  yapping  keening sighing splashing  yelping  rustling volume  squealing howling barking sniveling .......... moaning pealing  tone  rattling grunting clanging coughing quacking whining    gagging fizzing wheezing honking  hissing bawling trumpeting swishing........... sneezing  rumbling bubbling ripping cooing chirping shouting  shuffling.......... tearing  popping roaring  thunderous scratching snorting crashing crunching cackling tolling  clucking silent tapping soothing crowing melodious crackling cacophonous singing quiet tune loud tinkling noisy rhythmic mumbling............
twittering din beat blaring cawing racket chattering murmuring whistling ....... clapping booming whispering mewing snapping snoring yelling mooing ............
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Still from Animated Opera Majena Mafe

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Meowing		Cackling		Loud		Drumming		Silent
	
     Calm			Crying		Chant	Mumbling		Singing

Snore		Jingle		   Howl		Groan		    Hiss

      Purr			Yell		                Boo		                     Whimper		Thud

 Whisper  	Thump		Squeal	         Screech		               Wail

                   Moan		Weep		    Sob		    Blubber		Growl

    Drone		Buzz		     Vibrate	                         Tremble		Pulse

           Pound		                 Beat			Howl		Clink		Clank

       Tinkle		Chime		Grind	   Scrape		     Whir

  Murmur		             Bump		Zip		Shrill			Zing

Crackle		Resonate 		Pop		Thunder		       Whirtle

     Plop			Bang			Clang	Roar			Swish

Splash		Slosh			Muffle	 Strum			Crunch

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I am a feminist theorist and poet working at the blood-edge of language. I’m writing on ‘other’ oraculars and developing placental language theory: examining how we spoke before symbolic order, through biochemical negotiation and umbilical tongue. I name what’s found there LOVE, as soundage - a love that, through the imaginal and the matrixial, acts as a material acoustic ‘becoming’ space. Women’s voices, the unsaid/unheard, other oraculars, the monstrous reclaimed, plus more, can all be found and ‘listenened’ for here. Overall, my work is research-led poetry. It is transdisciplinary. It is always speculative. It is always a cultural criticism, one that refuses the cut between body and word—the whole lot.
Did I say … I am presently also working on the frame and implications of Placental Language …?

#placentallanguage #umbilicaltongue #soundage #feministtheory #feministpoetics, #écritureféminine #philosophyoflanguage #womenwriters #womenphilosopherse #avantgardepoetry #feminist philosophy #thinkingwomen

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