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Alone at A*
I was always alone at A* but I wanted to be a tour guide, to gather others around me and walk with them and tell them stories, to show them the edges, the hinterland, the connective tissue, the limina, the penumbric spaces.I wasn’t interested in the flora, I passed over it without seeing, without noticing.… Continue reading Alone at A*
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