Elaine Leong
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conviviallikemaybethesuniswatchingitsshadowcomeoverus
andmaybethemoonisdissolvingintospace
andmaybetheoreosaremeltingintheirbox
andeveryth-ing
be-ing
mean-ing
expand-ing
inthecupofaheartthatissofullofloveand
soemptyofitselfitsalways
okaytobesmalltosomeoneand
largerthananyone
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usethetasteissolovelyanditneverlastsforevereither
Elaine Leong is a writer and visual artist from Melbourne. Recently, she completed an honours thesis at RMIT University which analysed the literary techniques used in Timothy Morton’s Hyperobjects as nonhuman things that enact Morton’s ecophilosophy. In her work, Leong seeks to map a poetics of ecological solidarity through intersecting language (as ingredient), experimental nonfiction (as method), and speculative philosophy (as recipe).