This was not the first time I had read through this edition of BLAST, but I think I got a lot more from it and found it to be even more intriguing this time around. I think part of that is because even though I went into it knowing what it was like and what to expect, it still surprised and shocked me. I believe something has to be pretty powerful for it to have that effect even when I had read it before. The first manifest is what shocked me the most. Its use of different font sizes, capitalization, spacing, and placement of the words around the page make it absolutely fascinating, and rather overwhelming to look at (seeing the magazing in the flipbook form made this even more true). I think this was the effect they were trying to create; this overwhelming and confusing, but also very intriguing feeling.

The words themselves were interesting too, not just their placement and size. As I read through it, I found myself reading faster and faster, and almost yelling in my head. Part of this most certainly had to do with the crazy formatting, but another part of his was the "violent rhetoric." When I started writing this I planned to include some examples, but reading through it, it is almost impossible because there are simply too many. In the very first one alone, nearly every word and phrase is violent and seems to be shouting off the paper, not just becuse of the boldness of the text. It says "BLAST" over and over again, as well as "CURSE." The third part to this manifesto especially felt very loud and overwhelming as I read it, and quite angry. I think this has a rather interesting effect because it forces me to read faster and faster, as I'm caught up in the text and language, and by the time I reach the end of the page, I'm almost exhausted from it... but at the same time unsure of what I actually read. I had to go back and reread often in order to understand it. It was like getting caught up in the words and emotions, without really taking in the content. I'm curious if this was a similar experience to those that read it at its time of publication. 

Even reading this for a second time, I'm not entirely sure what to make of it. However, I find the formatting of the text and the rhetoric to be extremely effective in making the reading of this magazine a very emotional experience.