Alto Griffin

'' 'tis..." Alto Griffin

"'TIS..."is Old English for "It Is..." followed by an ellipse expressing omittedmaterial; thus, it leaves open at the end for what follows in direct address oron one's own mind, be it controversial militancy on the part of the author peressay/work for his kindred spirits or political and social orations evokingcommunion with some collective humanity's soul.- oreven comments or rebuttals on the part of the reader's. This collection of hisessays and letters with dates was intended originally for enlightenment ofspecific magazines, organizations, and newspapers to induce others to think abit more; to see clearly another regional view of our world, concerns, andimperfections as all were and are; and to cause or induce a change in the landor body-politics. These letters and essays to editors or groups took placebetween April 1997 and October 2001. 'Tis (or "Itis") like a drop of water given time - each L. T. E. - which reduces the hardeststone (or mind) under its persistent and accumulated drip, upsetting tightlyheld bonds duly set by chance or nature and time. It was Old English thatbrought a great deal of us to these distant shores, leaving its marks quitewell in the colloquial slang or tortured language and accents of slaves andcommoners and their descendants. As a whole, "'TIS..." can be a treatise of apious and idolatrous nature of mankind, given embedded traumas as memoriesreproducing pedological desires and disdainsforce-fed years ago.