Adamant errantry itself paradoxically enabled a new connection with the Other that prefigures Relation

Evidence

For the poetry of Saint:John Perse, though it is not the epic linking together of lessons from a past, augurs a new rnode of connection with the Other, which, paradoxically, and precisely because of this passion for errantry, prophesies the poetics of Relation. By constantly moving on, one can gather stones and weave the materiality of the universe from which Saint-John Perse created his narrative. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 269

Categorization

• XREF: Direct lineage point: Glissant identifies Perse’s errantry as a proto-poetics of Relation, relevant to tracing the mechanism that loosens roots without collapse. — connects to: Errantry is a directed relational wandering that never loses its bearings — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 45; Abyss-tested peoples live Relation without claiming chosenness — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 106; Errantry toward the Other can recover rather than reject the self — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 151 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Errantry toward the Other can recover rather than reject the self #expands (0.90) — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 151
• Relation forms a self-sustaining generative system rather than a static being #corroborates (0.75)