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To sew the sweater while the wool is on the sheep, 2014

translating performance

Write a one line poem. Walk the one line poem around different cities asking people to translate the poem into their langauge. Ask what the line means. Use that line in talks or interviews or papers. Excuse me, what you propound sounds like your saying Quintillian is sewing the sweater while the wool is still on the sheep. Ask others to do the same. Make the saying flock real. And then find a knitter to try making a sweater on a real sheep. It can be a grey sheep.

To sew the sweater while the wool is on the sheep, 2014