<equi's "negative capabilities"> 2004-08-08.8:33 p.m. Negative Capabilities Elaine Equi I'm not a landscape but if I were I'd be a prairie with wildflowers embroidered on the yoke of my rippling. I'm not a child but if I were I'd want to be a teaspoon, an eyedropper, or a chandelier when I grow up. I'm not a novel but if I were I'd be by Kawabata or Tanizaki. No one can match the elegance of their melancholy. back /& forth /& frosting names are often sad