LOUIS PHILLIPS: “‘The Periodic Table of Elements’ represents great scientific achievements and its visual presentation is concise, imaginative, and useful. We have looked at the periodic table so many times in schools and in books that we have lost the ability to see it. I looked at it and asked the wonderful ‘what if ’ question that inspires so much literature and humor—what if a periodic table could be compiled for writers? That did not work out. So I tried the human imagination as applied to writing. But not being a graphic designer and having no computer expertise, I fell to cutting and pasting. It was, at least, therapeutic. I hope amusing. Perhaps some truth lurks among the various assignments of weights and values.”

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--from Rattle #29, Summer 2008
Tribute to Visual Poetry

§ 3 Responses to “The Periodic Table of the Elements” by Louis Phillips

• A~Lotus says:

  October 17, 2009 at 10:49 pm

  Hi Louis,

  You have tickled my scientific and artistic duality of love. This was highly amusing, and it is very applicable to me as a poet. I am sure other writers and artists can relate to this. I plan to post this through Twitter.

  Thank you so much for sharing this! I love the collage feel to the Periodic Table.

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• daryl says:

  October 21, 2011 at 9:29 pm

  its beautiful really beautiful like me…..hehehehe…….

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• daryl says:

  October 21, 2011 at 9:28 pm

  it beautiful

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