How to protect sight from scratches
1 ) begin by pointing
2 ) pull out slowly
3 ) wearing a welder’s mask
4 ) you cannot view the whole
5 ) the film is masked
6 ) no cuts
7 ) the soft surfaces of the human body
8 ) occur in real time
9 ) Eye machine –
10 ) create a pigment that absorbs light hitting the surface
11 ) bring attention to the edges
How to make scratches on sight
1 ) sit there and wait until a raindrop hits the lens
2 ) mop up the light bleed with blackness and show yourself working at this
3 ) score a pane of glass and snap it
4 ) take your pair of compasses to the graveyard and scratch initials and a date into the soft stone
5 ) blink grit
6 ) leave the lens cap off in a sandstorm
7 ) draw a line on the screen with a thin pencil that is so arch in its angle it looks accidental
8 ) eyelashes grow too long
9 ) stare at a bright light jumping off a metal surface and carry the sunspots around with you
10 ) Thoreau shaped glasses in woodcut
11 ) walk through a hedge at dusk when the black brambles are the only lines against the sky