refraction ideal


"Refraction of a Spherical Wave at a Plane Surface"

                                 Robert E. Wood
                                 Physical Optics


the container of pink paint is upside down.

Suppose a spherical wave originating at 0 to be refracted at the plane
surface AB.

blue waves on canvas.  yellow suns.

The evolute of the hyperbola is the caustic of the refracted wave, in this case
virtual of course.

the red paintbrush floats.

wave-front.  radiant point.

concept time.  concept space.  unconventional.





















transcendent


the house, the mountains, the garden

the quiet of writing in the early morning-


a fugue of white buffalo & eagles-


where the world 

stops & continues































in our quest to understand time



the conversation of birds.  discourse unexpected.  do not be overwhelmed by the obvious.


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thoreau speaks of  flights of the imagination-coleridgean thoughts.
we remember spring & clouds & sky.  mountain paths.  waves.  sand.


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we travel to the  scottish islands.
build a bird observatory.  between rock & sea.


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migrating birds.  outer edge.  open.  
between the numbers.  between the letters.  restless.  still









weathered stone



sea books 

& 

sand



where  the island 

reveals

simplicity



& the 

castle ruins

remain 



near 

a path

to the walled garden

















walking through content


pleasure hidden art words falling water theorems & abstractions
zero times two silent configurations analyze dust threshold trees
far think something speak internal/external annihilating juxtaposition
clouds without moons paint one another conscious to leap disguised
sheltered window & light edge dynamic symmetry water balancing
terraces & grace rhythm & spirit the twigs the leaves the feathers & stone

































in battlestorm wind


i remain stalwart
paintbrush spring wildflower in hand

the red shouldered hawk flies overhead
as the sun lightens the field

somewhere in time i walk
barefoot in tall grass






























tasks


today i will find material for a quilt

rearrange the stars

time is in tatters

i sweep the roof

dust discontinuity

my rabbit is alive in the hills

vision considers soliloquy

cardboard houses    battleships

palette theory  rain

i will ascertain the reflective

black ink chimera





















reveries of dream
the right to imagine


faces. leaves. moments.
decisions. indecisions.
allusions. illusions.
somewhere the birds sing.
the trees listen.
collected roses. raked poems.






































the hours



the hours
become
the pages
become
the voyages


i fashion a sail of the mysterious & hand drawn maps following borges & rilke…..
across the blue fields






























intrepid


                  mind


startled


                  discreet


survivor


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archive 
        

                          time


drift


                             dichotomy


unyielding


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           white butterfly     &   bee