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divagate
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di·va·gate  (dv-gt, dv-)
intr.v. di·va·gat·ed, di·va·gat·ing, di·va·gates
1. To wander or drift about.
2. To ramble; digress.
[Late Latin dvagr, dvagt- : Latin d-, dis-, apart; see dis- + Latin vagr, to wander (from vagus, wandering).]
diva·gation n.
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Verb1.divagate - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
digress, stray, wander
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
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The handmade quality here is emphasized by the artist's reversal of the knit to its "wrong," or purled, side, revealing divagations in fiber tension that would be much less visible on the smooth, or "right," side of the knit.
Rosemarie Trockel: Museum Ludwig, Cologne by Jones, Caroline A. / Artforum International
I mean, I know what I think of Goldin's work; what interests me are my students' divagations.
Being Nan Goldin: David Rimanelli gives his class homework by Rimanelli, David / Artforum International
But its embodiment was always entrusted to the eccentric immediacies of the hand, the insubordinate divagations of a line that had more than a little affinity with Surrealist automatism, as shown, for instance, in the studies that make up 20 Improvisations (for Chile 2), 1973-74.
OYVIND FAHLSTROM by SCHWABSKY, BARRY / Artforum International
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