Morning at MacCready's (2)
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Coleridge's Letters
The whole letter is fascinating but I ran out of steam (pecking things out on a tablet in MI) -- so this is the best I could do. * To James Gillman October 10, 1825 My dear Friend, -- It is a flat'ning thought that the more we have seen, the less we have to say. In youth and early manhood the mind and nature are, as it were, two rival artists both potent magicians, and engaged, like the King's daughter and the rebel genie in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, in sharp conflict of conjuration, each having for its object to turn the other into canvas to paint on, clay to mould, or cabinet to contain. For a while the mind seems to have the better in the contest, and makes of Nature what it likes, takes her lichens and weatherstains for types and printers' ink, and prints maps and facsimiles of Arabic and Sanscrit MSS. on her rocks; composes country dances on her moonshiny ripples, fandangos on her waves, and waltzes on her eddy-pools, transforms her summer gales ...
Morning at MacCready's
Savannas, fens, eskers. The hand of God. Would any appellations come close? Now, what does poison ivy look like? *
Eskers
Missed the geological hike in and around McCready's (given a few clues, I can do my own research: esker and Blue Ridge Road ). * An esker , eskar , eschar , or os , sometimes called an asar , osar , or serpent kame , [1] [2] is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel , examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently several kilometres long and, because of their peculiar uniform shape, are somewhat like railway embankments . [from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esker ]
Michigan: Walking
Michigan thistles (reminding me of Scotland). McCready's (reminding me of eskers and time). A road that prefers staying old school. *
The Art of Curt Swihart
Aggregates of stones, seeds, etc. Cement of Elmer's glue. Popsicle sticks for framing. *
