James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" was the general inspiration for
this poster's title and content. The specific inspiration of the
poster was the neologism "eithou", which is, according to the
analysis by Stuart Gilbert and the presentation in Jorge Luis
Borges' "Joyce y los neologismos", a combination of "either",
"I" and "thou". That specific relationship of words made me
think of several ways in which those can be used: either I or
thou, I and thou, thou either, I either, and thought of a
kinship between the neologism (the mother) and its derivates
(her children). I am a bilingual individual currently residing
in a country where I have to speak my second language in order
to be understood. This circumstance reminds me of the Sapir-
Whorf analysis, especially when Sapir states that "no two
languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as
representing the same social reality." This makes me think in my
mother language, Spanish, and how much I cherish every time I
get to speak it. Every time I do, I lo