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ECCLECTIC TOPICSMY CHAIR POEM SAVES MAN $5,100.00
I SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT CHAIRS BY CHRISTINE CANABOU IN FAST COMPANY MAGAZINE CALLED SEATS OF POWER, PAGE 54, March 2002. . I loved her first line in the piece quoted here: "Chairs are more than just a place to park out butts."
Canobou quotes Galen Cranz from IN THE CHAIR; RETHINKING CULTURE, BODY, AND DESIGN (W.W. NORTON & CO. 1998) WHO STATES "THE CHAIR OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO OUR COLLECTIVE IDEAS ABOUT STATUS AND HONOR, COMFORT AND ORDER, BEAUTY AND EFFICIENCY, DISCIPLINE AND RELAXATION..."
TWO LAST QUOTES CANABOU FINDS FROM JESS SOREL DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AT METROPOLITAN FURNITURE CORP., A STEELCASE INC. COMPANY: "WE WANTED PEOPLE TO ACT NATURAL" AND "SMART DESIGN HELPS IDENTIFY WHAT THE ACTION SHOULD BE." The cost of such a chair when modified into a four person booth is -you guessed it a mere $5,100.
The Price is Right here we come. Or rather, here's what Canabou's fine article inspired.
MY CHAIR BY JOHN GEORGETTE
MY CHAIR saved me $5,100.00.
Esoteric ambiance oozes out of it free,
warn out cotton Mexican blanket laps it
in it's own perfect contour
industrial steel springs allow for a rock/tilt
so far back consciousness knows any other chair
tumbles over onto itself
but not my chair (!)
which catches itself
like in the highest moment of roller coaster ride
before the decent
and rocks itself
peacefully to rest.
Faded Art Deco leaf patterns from 1925
repeat themselves over the whole surface,
two carved half moons
balance the snake face of wood arms
curling out from leather
so warn it molted decades ago
into some other organic element
scientifically yet to be named.
More comfortable than any bed,
beds compete with it to steal me into sleep
and late at night with computer on lap,
undercurrents of radio filled white noise
blend with television sounds
as head drops off into never-never land
of some good book
or piece of my own writing
inspired by My Chair
from some other time.
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