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  BIG Doll | XWAT Naaniitus I Opened the Door But Where are the People? By  Stephen Weir   Visiting an art gallery’s special exhibition has always been a serious business for me. Be it the AGO, the National Gallery, or the Windsor Art Gallery, I prepare myself by mentally  reviewing the Four Ws: Who is the artist? When does the exhibition open? Where is the gallery? What’s my time line allowance for touring the show? I read up online on relevant websites, watch any posted videos, read the media reviews of the exhibition, and scour social media for public comment on the show and artist. Well, last Thursday was the day I went to tour Vanessa Dion Fletcher’s exhibition:   Big Doll | XWat Naaulitis   at the Windsor Art Gallery. I went with Canadian art scholar and former Windsor Art Galleries educational curator Chris Finn. He and I worked together at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection for decades and did work on a Marilyn Monroe retrospective art show ...

STEPHEN WEIR  says “I am using a strict lipogrammatic constraint taking out the letter “E,” deliberately removing the most frequently used vowel in English. A STORY ABOUT STEVE WEIR HOLDING HIS BREATH WHEN HE IS IN AN ELEVATOR AND RESCUING CATS FROM SUNKEN LADAS (No “E” No Air No Rhyming, Floor 32. Cats Can’t Swim,) Lipogram (No “ 5 th  ”   vocaid  in all Anglish   No  Rhyming,  No  Floor 32 .  And most important  Cats  Can’t  Swim, )   Balcony drinks .   Upstairs unit  guy   falls during our cocktail hour  (   O r   drifts   down  fast  with out wings or a parashot)     “Air-holding kings can last 5–10 min”  says     scrawl s  in my blog ’ s  talk - back  box. “As it was,  it  is, and shall stay, world without limit.  "  “ Bubblin ’,   bubblin ’,  O Lord.”   I’m   studying  to hold my bre...