b"Thedominanttendency,though,istoputblocksofwordstogetherinlistform,sometimesasarepeatedsinglenoun, 5fromSaturn,throughsharkandapple.Asinglewordisoftenrepeated,mantra-like,asinColtrane,2021(p.23),whichconsistsentirelyofthegreatjazzsaxophonistsnamerepeated128timesaroundasetofvisualformsthatmaybefigurativeorabstract,butwhichcertainlysuggestametaphorforthemusicalformsofbebopintheirrealisation.Wordscanalsobesubjecttochangeastheymultiply:forexample,inKlee,2015(p.7),alistbeginswiththenameoftheImpressionistpainter,Monetandmorphsthroughwordassociationvariationsbeforeavisualsnapwith'ChuckBery'leadstotheappearanceofthenameofanotherjazzgreat,CharlesMingus.Itisalteredthroughimprovisationandchangesinvisualphrasing,beforereturningtotheoriginal:MINGUS,MINGUS,MINGUS,GIMNSU,IUGMNS,MUNGIS,MINGUS,MINGUS,MINGUS.Stravinsky,2019(p.24)meanwhile,beginswithanexhortationextemp-orizedfromChuckBery's'RolOverBeethoven',beforesetlingintoafamiliarsinglewordincantation.Textworkslikethisarealsoalwayspictorial,bothintermsofthenon-verbalmarkstheycontainandtheveryrenditionofletersandwords.AlthoughthewordappleisusedoverwhelminglytocreateaverbalandvisualsenseofhororvacuiinApple,2021(p.9)alteredthroughoutasitisbydiferencesinthecaseandpenusedbytheartistthereisalsoaphaseinwhichitshiftsthroughappletoapply,aptly,April,andAvril.Thenamesofmusiciansandespecialyothervisualartistsloomlargehere.Oftenasinglenamerepeatedoverandoverinverticallists,orastringofmultiplenameswithlitleobviouslyincommonotherthanthattheycomefromarthistory:Vermeer,CyTwombly,Degas,Klee,Basquiat,Warhol,Steinberg,Drer,Polock,Haring,SchnabelandCrumb.Rauschenbergsnameappearsoften,perhapsmostnotablyhereinOurParadise,2006(p.19),atthecentreofafiery,expressionistexplosionofformsandwordswhoseveryintensityseemstothreatentheexistenceoftheworksfoamboardbase.Interestingly,noneoftheChicagoImagistsarenamechecked,yetitis,coincidentaly,oftenthefeelofartistssuchasJimNut,CarlWirsum,GladysNilssonandRogerBrownthatcomestomindwhenviewingSarkinswork.Preciselybecausehistechniqueapproachessomethinglikethepurepsychicautonomismthatwastheholygrailofsurealistcreativity,Sarkinisreticentaboutrevealinghismethodologieseventohimself:Lookingatmymotivationiscounterproductive.ThinkingaboutwhyIdoitisawasteoftimerealy.'(Archer2014)Actandthoughtareindivisibleandverymuchpresentinthemomentofmaking:ThethingsIwroteatthetimemeantsomethingthen,hesays,ButnowIforgotwhatitmeant.Itdoesntmaterwhatitmeant,becausethinkingaboutwhatitmeantdetractsfromwhatsgoingonrightnow.'(Sulivan2006)Asaresultheisloathtoseekmeaninginworksaftertheircompletion,preferingtoleave"