Christian Herman writes to congratulate Wally Depew on his mail art contributions to his exhibition and notes a desire to trade the works for two issues of Velocity, the "only national contributor sponsored arts / media magazine." The printed sheet gives information about Velocity and how to contribute. Stored in Velocity box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work consists of drawings that are mounted on panels to form a labyrinth. The pages of the book consist of reproductions of the visual/verbal works of Haack vertically placed in the midst of dense, printed text on the top and bottom of the page. The text is written in a stream of consciousness style in German, English and French. The Sackner Archive holds a wall piece of similar, stylistic, page drawings by Haack . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image in the drawing accompanying this deluxe edition of the book is adapted from or served as an earlier study for the fourth reproduced drawing in the book. Its design consists of a reproduced drawing from the work with calligraphic text printed on a facing page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print is cited and depicted in Claus' catalogue raisonne (Erwachen an Augenblick Spachblatter) as G55 (page 286). Carl-Friedrich Claus was born in 1930 and died in 1998. Twenty copies of this print were made for Galerie Arcade of which five were printed on chine colle; 35 copies were printed on weisse und chamoisfarb Butten and 20 copies on chine colle auf Butten. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This drawing has small areas of green watercolor enclosed withinn an irregular ink border. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

According to Horvath, "These nine unpublished drafts of 'cleveland undercovers' trace the poem's progression from its single sheet origin to a 16 page manuscript containing sections which were later removed. None of the early versions contained the 'Introduction' which only appeared with the published poem. 'cleveland undercovers' was initially printed by 7 flowers press." The cover print was based upon a photograph published in a 1966 edition of the Cleveland Press by David Pishnery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Every other page consists of a sequential listing of names of people written in black ink enccountered by Noel overlaid by a page written in red ink of the circumstances. The original manuscript that inspired this book is also owned by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Warck-Meister handwrites the phrase of the title using a glue gun in a continuous path of attached letters. The translation of the title is "I construct my desire." The phrase adjacent to it and upside down reads, "I destroy your desire." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The egg is engraved with the title, perfect imprint, embellished with an original engraving enclosed with a text by Michael Gluck. This book object was delivered with rolled, uncrumpled pages within the shell. Their removal caused them to crumpled. The texts are egg shaped and printed on Tibetian paper with one raised, ink and gold leaf illuminated letter per page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each page of this book is a collaborative poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This drawing as well as many of other works by Basinski is performed by Basinski in his unique, extemporaneous manner. Basinski writed in an accompanying letter, "Here in paper work from mailed FISH FRY (A favorite in Catholic Lent old time buffalo - I find it most amsusing (sic) like a spring rite of passage). Hope you are well and thank you for adding FISH FRY to your marvelous collection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.