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"On the dry Laetoli plain..."

"An honest work generates its own power; a dishonest work tries to rob power from the cataracts of the given." --Annie Dillard, 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (1982)

"How can people think that artists seek a name? A name, like a face, is something you have when you’re not alone. There is no such thing as an artist: there is only the world, lit or unlit as the light allows." --Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm (1977)

A Peep into the Past.

eclipse dust
where crows could hide
caught boon
honest joy howled at

"It started on January 10, 1901 when the Lucas No. 1 well at Spindletop, near Beaumont, discharged its load in a spasm of pent-up fury."