Fragrant Portals, Bright Particulars and the Edge of Space (2003)

• 78%
• 2003
• David Gatten

"A companion of sorts to WHAT THE WATER SAID. An attempt to assess the potentials, possibilities and pitfalls of finding meaning in – or assigning human meaning to – the natural world; by way of Wallace Stevens. 'The Idea of Order at Key West' and 'Of Mere Being' translated into Ogham (the 5th-century 'tree alphabet' derived from a notational system used by shepherds to record notes on their wooden staffs), and carved a letter at a time into a piece of semi-transparent flexible wood (black leader).