A collection of sentence diagrams handwritten on index cards examining the relationships between language, the body, and control. In Some Formal Notes on Language, Steacy Easton re-contextualizes lines selected from over 800 pages of transcripts documenting the trial and conviction of Easton’s former boarding school teacher for “sexual interference of a child.” Part visual poetry, part conceptual writing exercise, these handwritten notes push against the legible, the formal, and the quantifiable. Each set of index cards comes in an envelope folded down from an 11” x 17” poster of a sentence diagram and is accompanied by a title card and expository text. The Blasted Tree has produced a numbered edition of 50 card sets, available now in our online store.