Point of waking

 How line begins
Point of waking

 How image appears
Shapes congeal

Who is the who in the making?

 

 

Story slides sideways
Memory adheres to stone

 

 

 Story ends
Yields to rain

 

  The Diamond thins
Mirror remains

 

 

Who is the who in the remembering?

NOTES

Photos: Fractured water-worn basalt boulders, manganese-iron patina, petroglyphs, lichen, moss, grasses. Southeast Oregon basin and range, June 2023.   (click to enlarge)

Present matter, Deflected memory

 

 

  

NOTES
-- 1st photo, Old dots/pits with more recent bighorn motif
-- 3rd photo, with details following 4th & 5th.
-- Final photo: Bear paws motif, edge of crack in rim

Memory deflects, time becomes duration.

Petroglyphs in/on basalt, Infinity Playa, Warner Valley uplands.
Photos June 2023.