So today my Friday creative class started again, and in keeping with my current obsession we had a session about domestic and household objects and how they can be used in poetry and prose. One of the poems we looked at was "Fork" by Charles Simic which drew a mixed reaction form the students. - one of them described it as being slightly sinister because it seemed to be turning the hand into something horrible.
I like the possibility that the object can act upon or change its user. Usually we view inanimate objects as being passive - they are used by us for our own ends. We might change the object but we don't usually expect the object to change us. It left me wondering do we act on the object or does the object act on us? What if we are changed in some way by picking up and object and using it? Do we become the object or an extension of the object when we pick it up, or does it become part of, or an extension of, us? And if the object does change us then do we remain changed once we put it down again, and if so how long does the change last for - is it permanent? What is our relationship to the object? Does it have one with us?
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