Resonant with Hamilton’s previous work, The Common S E N S E relies on processes of accretion and subtraction for the project to expand and evolve. Stacks of literary excerpts replicated on letter-size sheets grow and contract daily as visitors cycle through the space. Pablo Neruda, Margaret Atwood, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty are among the writers, researchers, and theorists represented in Hamilton’s bookish buffet. Visitors are encouraged to take at will, mindful that it is they who are responsible for replenishing the dwindling supply by submitting new fragments to the exhibition’s Tumblr site.[1] “Your presence leaves a trace. The exhibition is changed by your being here,” explains Hamilton in an exhibition text.