Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art I looked John up and

I looked John up and learned that he was a farmer

and a pretty rare one--the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection

and a few tiny white spots

which together have the effect of making this young woman

or for mail

Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art I looked John up andYou know I love penmanship practice notebooks of many sorts, and I don't ever break them up but this single page I found alone, and is a perfect found object as far as I am concerned: what could be more poignant than the pairing of "Immortality" and "Immateriality" written many times over? A pure (and rather existential feeling) found poem, which one might interpret resolve in any number of ways depending on one's disposition. And with Horticulture