p r o j e c t | h a r a l d s k æ r w o m a n l o o k s u p
The Haraldskær Woman is a body, thought to date from around 490 BCE, found naturally preserved in a peat bog on the Haraldskær Estate in Denmark in 1835.
acrylic medium transfers of digital photographs & typed text on paper
set of six sheets
11" x 8"
[1]
curved track (across) the mud moving
(to) where the ground falls
(at) the line of trees the distant
sky hangs lower (there) the waters
gather and wait (there)
[2]
the sun bound fast (in) its support
(where) all the clouds turn
the wind blowing (around) us
shining always (against) our faces
whirling (over) the dead
[3]
walking (here) late (in) the year
we draw nearer light still (in) the sky
settling (on) the open water (at) day's end
(at) day's end (to) be shaken free
[4]
those (who) have gone ahead
(where) two suns hold the wet land
reaching (there) they surely return
with all (that) is laid (in) the ground
with all (that) is carried (or) released
all (that) is braided (into)
[5]
the world is pressed (down)
and then (they) cover the eyes
to save (what) can be saved
looking both ways (they) pour it (out)
brown water poured (into) the water
and (onto) the brown earth
(they) watch it falling