"Everything should be understood, and anything can be transformed-that is the modern view. Even the alchemist's projects seem plausible now. The Cavalier was not trying to understand more that he already did. The collector's impulse does not encourage the lust to understand or to transform. Collecting is a form of union. The collector is acknowledging. He is adding. He is learning. He is noting."

pg. 157, The Volcano Lover (a romance) by Susan Sontag

my housemate Carolyn's blog
http://liferoar.wordpress.com/

agitated
aj-i-tey-tid

The geese are flying back now.
Do you every hit a point in your life when you want to stay put?

"artists can use wood to create delicate sculptures" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood

http://www.holyoke.org/

http://www.opensquare.com/

picture taken near open square in Holyoke, Ma