In The Fog by Giovanni Pascoli
I stared into the valley: it was gone—
wholly submerged! A vast flat sea remained,
gray, with no waves, no beaches; all was one.
And here and there I noticed, when I strained,
the alien clamoring of small, wild voices:
birds that had lost their way in that vain land.
And high above, the skeletons of beeches,
as if suspended, and the reveries
of ruins and of the hermit’s hidden reaches.
And a dog yelped and yelped, as if in fear,
I knew not where nor why. Perhaps he heard
strange footsteps, neither far away nor near—
echoing footsteps, neither slow nor quick,
alternating, eternal. Down I stared,
but I saw nothing, no one, looking back.
The reveries of ruins asked: “Will no
one come?” The skeletons of trees inquired:
“And who are you, forever on the go?”
I may have seen a shadow then, an errant
shadow, bearing a bundle on its head.
I saw—and no more saw, in the same instant.
All I could hear were the uneasy screeches
of the lost birds, the yelping of the stray,
and, on that sea that lacked both waves and beaches,
the footsteps, neither near nor far away. Art by Kim Salt
Recommended listening: Rising Sons - Takuya Kuroda Without Me - Mac Demarco
Links of the Day: The Art Game: Artists' Trump Cards (I'm getting these soon! :D ) The Real You - Alan Watts Nether Magazine Whimsical Illustrations For People Who Love Books by Korean Artist Jungho Lee
(Hello! I made a little poster on all the workshops that will be taking place at The Alipore Post Offline this weekend. Please RSVP + register to the ones you'd like to participate in here. Thanks :)
Also, here's a gorgeous poster made by Shikha Nambiar, a lovely Bangalore-based illustrator whose work can be found at Sunny Skies Starry Eyes and will be up for grabs at the event :D
See you there, yes?)