
this much—this little—i know

this too is data

blue snow shadows at dusk light

look up

dig deep

dissolve yourself

you leave a trace

stay curious

unanticipated microcosm

a gift, not for you

the field gives you the questions

more symbols shared than missed

evidence and interpretation

find your own rhythm, steady the course

whose imaginaries will be surfaced, honored and sustained?

whose stories matter? where are the harbored? how are they found?

the setting sun knew, so the oak stood in the way

discover, declare what's true

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actively touch and feel

recognize hostility

discern the disagreeable

know both human scale and sentiment

find and know what couples

find your own rhythm...steady the course and leap, return, repeat too

hue, value, hot, cool, near, far, wave, foam

possess and care

what stone, saw, chisel, hand in this act of culture and coursed ashlar?

build knowledge through experience

embodied knowledge through active (not passive) observation

embodied knowledge accrues

primary is the pulse of living things

tapping into cultural idiosyncrasies

the field is also play

what you store is not where you were

wrest things from their context

notes that speak your tongue

wing it. take flight(s). land anew.

don't miss what might amaze

rearrange the pieces

look down

remember your other senses

redefine the selfie

act understand communicate

sometimes you must scrape to see

rightsize, oversize...but don't downsize your rocks or imagination

it only comes once

choices matter, signs deceive

this too is the world

creep, parasitic sublime

here now, gone next time

wedding of elemental companions

not even close

sunset? fire? firmament?

put your head in the clouds and take someone with you

the field in here shapes the field out there

above? below?

Look and listen intensely

tracking salt stained fissures

stare until you have no name for it

who dwells here?

look for the stories

it is not always about pictures

this too is a field

it is dynamic, forever changing

tools bias inquiry

it's about asking the right questions

do you know what you are looking for? and why?

the boxes you don't see are the boxes that keep you from seeing

it starts with daydreaming

it is about what you don't carry

it starts in here

look deeply with feet on the ground

stay alert to small seductions

elementary?

at least it was a method

archive...

wait

in every mundane, the strange

each step a decision

anthropology or archaeology?

...or burn?

how many events?

from here, too easy

reflect often and again

scale is a phantasm

are we listening?