Dissociation The wind came up as we were talking and soon became a presence in the room impeding intimacy as music sometimes does. The summer day fell onto us like rain and caught us at a different coded level, enslaved by disconnections from the world and though we kept on talking the wind, the light and being there together made much more sense than anything we said. David Chandler A Horse Affrighted by a Lion (an etching by George Stubbs, 1770) On loan from someone’s dream a white unbridled horse rears back in fright its…
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