I'm a discursive thinker, so quotation has played an active role in the structure and content of my books from the beginning.
Masha TupitsynQuotes are like prompts. A way of searching, connecting the dots. Other people's thinking has always - both positively and negatively - jumpstarted my thinking. Quotes are also a way of acting out not just a text, and not just thinking, but the making of a text. The construction of thinking. The quotes are part of those constructions and reflections. Thinking through quotes, which to say scouring a range of texts for insight, is one way to outline the process of thinking/feeling through a subject.
Masha TupitsynQuotes are a way of acting out not just a text, and not just thinking, but the making of a text. The construction of thinking.
Masha TupitsynLove is an active construction, and choice, not just an encounter that happens by chance.
Masha Tupitsyn