( of )     Newton and Optiks
                                      of mystics and mysteries maintained	
                                      of gravity graced and rippled radiuses
                                      of faceted prisms and rainbows realized
                                      of colour continuums and countless confections
 
( of )     vistas and visionaries
                                      of ricocheting and reflecting
                                      of timelessness and tinsel strands
                                      of stars and fourth floor staircases
                                      of simple sincerity and quickenings
                                      of thin redlines and economy of means
 


Tomorrow begins the Dublin Seminar held at Historic Deerfield.  I’ll be giving a paper on Saturday, ‘building Harmony | constructing Color.’ Positing ideas about Shakers early use of architectural color predating 21st century color consultants’ and theorists.

And, this paper wouldn’t have happened without the Historic Deerfield Library Fellowship where I read so many books in the Wolf Collection—1200 books of color! Thanks Mr. Wolf and Historic Deerfield Library.

[excerpt from ‘emanations’ from my upcoming poetry book, ‘prismatic utopia’]

[images all from books in the Wolf Collection at Historic Deerfield Library]