six ways to was built upon the idea of cyclical periods, the project revolving under a certain activity: the engagement with the metal.
starting from the central element of the șona village (lazăr’s forge), the book may contain traces of: the ‘dark’ series, ponte’s ‘the house of light and entropy’ (or just half of the title), ‘the epic of ghilgamesh’, a conversation on a bench, tiamat’s failed attempt to sleep, the local stories of the hillhocks, ‘la pointe courte’, the missing hangman’s hill, the only bridge in the village and/or delillo’s ‘valparaiso’.
[the title] takes after the best-seller books and popular articles from the past decade(s) or so, which come with the promise of helping you with your life, as this book comes with the promise of actually telling you a story.

[2022, made within and after the residency Sounds Like a Book]