the nature of substance
‘to be properly expressed, a thing must proceed from within, moved by its form: it must come, not in from without but out from within’
(a.k.coomaraswmy – on the traditional doctrine of art – meister johann eckhart quote, p14, golgonooza press, 1977)
nanven fractal (penwith, cornwall)
remains #1 (penwith, cornwall)
remains #2 (birling gap, east sussex)
fragment 3.2 – the indivisible
an inseparable singularity
of separated processes
an integrated field
of unintegrated materials
an infinite ocean
of finite instances
fragment 3.6 - withdrawal
the strange allure
of an obscure
withheld
imaginal
object
opening
darkly
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evidence #1 (st, margrets bay, kent - sandgate studio)
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evidence #2 (st, margrets bay, kent - sandgate studio)
evidence #3 (charmouth, dorset - sandgate studio)
evidence #4 (dungeness, kent - sandgate studio)
‘it becomes impure and pure in itself, it dissolves and coagulates itself, or, as the sages say, locks and unlocks itself: it is the quintessence, above all things and in all creatures’
(c.j.jung – p190, mysterium coniunctionis – routledge & kegan paul, 1963 / citation: p216-217, gloria mundi, mus.herm)
suspension #1 - solution (sandgate, kent)
suspension #2 - saturate (photomontage, sandgate studio)
suspension #3 - solute (digital graphic, sandgate studio)
suspension #4 - solid (crystallisation, sandgate studio)
remains #3 - redwood carbon (santa cruz, california)
coal ball floras (artists collection, preparer: james lomax, circa 1990)
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remains #6 - burnt copper disc (sandgate studio)
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remains #7 - hearth (sandgate, studio)