Palimpsest?

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November 8, 2020

Photo by Gary Butterfield on Unsplash

Palimpsest: something such as a work of art that has many levels of meaning, types of style, etc. that build on each other:

Definition from Cambridge Dictionary
Poem by Andrew Motton, from Off the Shelf 2007, on the side of Sheffield Hallam University. Looks like they’re going to build something in front of it – Typical Sheffield!
Jarvis Cocker is a child of Sheffield, Off the Shelf 2005.
“Now Then” – a sublimated friendly greeting in Shaffield. A poem in two words. (Photo by Gary Butterfield on Unsplash)
Over the fence, The Riverside’s Beer Garden. (Photo by Flavio Gasperini on Unsplash)
Found this as I searched for words …
… but do we need words?

Palimpsest: noun. a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text. … Memory is a palimpsest that is continually being written over, but never perfectly so.

Definition courtesy of Google
First verses of Andrew Motton’s poem (above) overwriting Patrick Kavanagh’s “Consider the Grass Growing”.

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Chris Sissons

I'm a local business owner, based in Sheffield UK. My business is Market Together and I help business owners, anywhere in the world, use stories to understand their business, develop new products, services and markets as well as to market their business. During the lockdown, stories can help you move your business online and plan for the post-lockdown future.

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