The book consists of proverbs told by the authors' grandmother during their growing-up period in Goa, India. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawing is made with rubber stamps and colored ink. The collage is a saying from a fortune cookie, "A letter of great importance will reach you any day now." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

First printed by 7 Flowers Press in 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Finlay misattributes both "A Rose" to Gertrude Jekyll, the British gardner rather than Gertrude Stein and "Arrows are Arrows are Arrows" to Heraclitus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The name Gertrude Jekyll who was a famous British gardener is inscribed in the drawing which relates to a quotation from Gertude Stein, the American expatriate writer. Since Stein in German means glass, these factors are interelated with the design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

For this piece that is based on a die, Tom Phillips lettered the text in varying numbered circles. the lettering is in the style of his text based wall sculptures where each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The text is the title of the poem "Un Coup de Des Jamais Abolira le Hazard" by Stephane Mallarme. Phillips writes that, " the first line of the foundation poem of chance procedures (and concrete poetry in general), outlines another dilemma which I translate as 'A throw of dice will never do away with chance'. Each dot on these giant dice incorporates the line and through the mysteries arising from the solid geometry of a transparent cube each "throw" gives rise to new configurations as chance plays its second role. Looked at from the sides, from the corners and from above, the cube's symmetry produces illusions and paradoxes of perception, hints of mirrors and fractures appropriate to each of these statements." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a receipt of a subscription to PLL issues #9-12. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The full poem reads, "Abstract poetry is always infinitely superior to poetry, which sets out to mean something." (Proust Jean Santeuil Ch.vi) -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This postcard is designed to be mailed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each page generally consists of a rubberstamping of the address of the contributor, or image or text, which is relatively small compared to the much larger blank page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

One card has yellow letters on a red background, the other red letters on a yellow background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The loose sheets give the computer program for creating the text on the mousepad, "life outside." The flip pages of the booklet read AMO (I love). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The loose sheets give the computer program for creating the text on the mousepad, "life outside." The flip pages of the booklet read AMO (I love). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The sentence on the recto by Nannucci states, " Always endeavor to find some interesting variation." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A collection of 41 essays written by Kostelanetz on the basic theme that the literary arts exist in a "universe of other arts; thus post-1960 avant-garde painting and music are relevant to post-1960 vanguard writing (and vice versa)." Each facing page contains aphorisms by 20th century avant garde writer/poets or examples of works. The essays, on alternative right pages, include Divergent Avant-Gardes, Anti-Art and Not Art, Spacial Form, Post-Modern, Accurate Perception. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The calligraphy that almost appears to be rubberstamped or printed is reminiscent of the drawings of Brian Moss, an artist also held by the Sackner Archive. Internet: Educated at School of Visual Arts, NY, MFA, Pratt Institute, NY, BFA Teaching and Academic Appointments: 2000"“present Associate Professor of Art, Fordham University, NY, 1996"“present Program director of the Graphic Design concentration, Fordham University, NY 2003"“2007 Director of Visual Arts, Fordham University, NY -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy of the book was printed on art board. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe edition that was printed on Hahnemuhle. The words "Now All Is Always" were strung together by T.S. Eliot in "Four Quarters" and later by Ludwig Harig in "Sprechstudien." This book s also entitled "Four Wise Words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.