TY - JOUR AU - Swann, Brian AB - Brian Szvann 257 One must restore the "blank page" of existence. —Mircea Eliade Before I saw him the owl was watching me away with a gaze that was all there was, a world where you don't come back. There's the knife, there the bucket, there the flayed skin I pull on. Talons on my speaking lip turn my life inside the owl's universe of air where the glacier's not yet gone. As I dream a coldness beyond roofs, unquoted air kicks up, & the moon falls down the other side of the house. When I wake I will look for a target, a polished spot, a whale to swallow. from The MIT Pres Writing the Future Progress and Evolution edited by David Rothenberg and Wandee J. Pryor "A dazzling collection, full of insights, surprises and useful provocations. I was very impressed by the clarity and vividness of the selections and found them to be engaging even to a non-specialist." — Scott Slovic, University of Nevada, Reno "Terra Nova has produced another brilliant cross- disciplinary exploration of a profound theme. This collection of essays mimics evolution itself in its creativity and diversity, its capacity to startle and delight." — John TI - Restorative JF - ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment DO - 10.1093/isle/11.2.257 DA - 2004-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/restorative-kbv3Xa2nRV SP - 257 EP - 258 VL - 11 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -