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stamped text and digital photographs
23 pages
8" x 8"
[2013]
stamped text and digital photographs
23 pages
8" x 8"
[2013]
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. to where are you now . to . lo can you hear me can you hear my voice . so . th . it . . I what is it like where you are what do you see there . no . th . no . th . th you have gone far . . I everything here is still . da i speak to you, but you are not here i lie awake . ea . wh . wh . . I in my dream, the wind kept blowing it veered from side to side we waited by an open body of water your face was dark . i . a . s . i . . V you are no longer what you were what did you know what can you remember how will you return . th you are not here, i only address myself . . V . th . th . th . no . th . i c you flew not looking for reassurance moving suddenly, you shook it off . no . . V i remember light shining on the water how you stepped on to the boat . to . to . to how it moved under your feet you had to steady yourself you moved forward . . V . th . on . th no moon visible the shadows of the trees shift . wh . i c i think of the moon behind them what is thought and what is both arise in the mind . it . . I forgetting yourself, you stirred yourself gathered up in the wave gathering it into yourself . th . th . wh . wh were you at ease here did you feel you belonged were you marked by it hold your gaze steady you will not turn back . i . . X . a . in . lo water running over sand a film of light on the surface of the water . a . th . ne . a l . no find what you are looking for arrive where you wish to . . X . wh all that you have known all that you have felt and undergone . on . op wanting to live, and wanting to be born again . ho when the mind ceases to act, they cease . an . . |
turn around or look behind / look down oking down i see nothing / / me dogs ey do not move is late i will surely die . . I / / thing is near me e dogs are beside me thing is near me ey do not move ey do not look at me . . . II . rkness in darkness . . rth on earth o has set me here unseen at binds me fast . . V . . . . was standing on the edge of the land wake i remember i looked out omething that i was holding mislaid or left behind . . . / / / e voice a thread . . . I ere is no gate e dogs do not bark ey wait as if listening sound reaches me e light in which they cast shadows annot turn to look at it . . . messages move to my hands . . II . . be careful keep awake come to the end of where i am . . . . . III e heads of the dogs shift e and then another folding ey appear and disappear . . at fills this place annot see it . . . is never full . . X . . . e distance receding e ground fixed at did i agree to at did i complete / / / . . am never returning . . slight movement distinct a part of something osened what part is it . . breach made e outline adjusting ither moving nor still ikeness an edge t something seen . . . . I ose mouth . . ly ened . llow . swering . . |