WHERE FEATHERS MEET: Reflections on Evanescent Encounters

IMAGE:  Three feathers rotating around an luminous orb.

Carla:   	Feathers do not last long in deserts.

Carlos:   	(Shrugging his shoulders) What does?

Carla:   	Bones. Sands.

Yahui:   	(nodding) Indeed. All that is superfluous gets stripped bare.

Reed:   	(winking mischievously) And what are we? Are we any different?


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from Desert Chants: Hearing the Voice of the Wilderness  
SUMMARY:  An image of three feathers and dialog about how quickly most phenomena pass.
KEYWORDS: transience, core identity, ephemerality, weathering, stripping

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun:  2005 in Tokyo, Japan  ✶ Finished: 2024 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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