“We have waited here long in the dust; we are tired and hungry; but the triumphal procession must appear at last.” -- Margaret Fuller Woman in the Nineteenth Century… Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845 First edition HG1154 O8 1845From the preface: “A reproduction, modified and expanded,...
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the...
“When the Holy One, blessed be He, was about to make the world, all the letters of the Alphabet were still embryonic, and for two thousand years the Holy One, blessed be He, had contemplated them and toyed with them. When He came to create the world,...
"God forbid that any native country, whose boast is to be free and happy herself, should cease to afford to the sons and daughters of sorrow, fleeing from the wrongs and miseries of European depotism, a hearty welcome and a happy home!" -- Enoch S....
Para mi, manejar un libro viejo y oler sus páginas, es una experiencia única. Hay un olor del tiempo, de la historia, del drama de la acción quizás. Un libro viejo tiene carácter y manejarlo es como entrar en un cápsula del tiempo. No podemos...
“The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God.” -- St. John of Damascus from his Treatise on Images Α'κολουθι'α του~ A'ναγνω'στου, η'γουν τα Συλλειτουργικα' ...
"This is the mapping of interference. Mistakes of the publishing process begin to read as stars, galaxies and nebulae." The Secret Astronomy of Tristram Shandy Abra Ancliffe Portland: Abra Ancliffe, 2015 N7433.3 A53 S43 2015From the artist’s statement: “The Secret Astronomy of Tristram Shandy reproduces over one hundred, self-reflexive black...
Conquistador Zion’s National ParkFrom his rock bed the lost conquistador Rises to rub sand from his sun-struck eyes And sees, rising above the desert floor, Familiar landmarks under the strange skies. Awake in the lost homeland of his sleep, Traveler returned, no longer vagabond, He treads a red world, sights a castle...
"On the 11th day of November in the evening after sunset, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky. I noticed that a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy, was shining almost directly above my head; and since I had,...
“…King Montecuma accompanied with his Nobles, and those of the most distinguished Rank in his Court, entertain’d the Spaniards with all sorts of Divertisements, to testify how mightily they were pleased with their Arrival. The King’s Brother came to meet ’em with a splendid Retinue;...