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Toufic captures a position of receptance and projection in a process of creation. Through a dialogue between aphorism and the act of editing he explores the idea of “untimely collaboration”. To edit is to rest, as in a less “edited” work implies a “restless” piece. Although, an aphorist writer does not completely indicate a restless writer. An aphoristic writer edits, but without the “intermingling of tenses in the aphorism”. A form of tangible expression, is always received by someone. He believes in the idea of expressed ideas to declare its existence in the universe the moment they are exposed to one other than the creator himself. However, ideas do not remain constant, stubborn to its tense, but …show more content…
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