6/28 p2

out of place
out of time I can't break myself free
of my possessions
drops in space time I am what I own

<input experiments
these notes across 2 pages
different arrangements
today reading barth (tidewater tales) and noticing the water associtions (the name of kath’s lovers)
my books piled in the hallway
my papers a mess surrounding me>


reading the word field brings a memory of a hay field — vervain and butterflies — (a field we intended to buy) — this brings memories of my grandparents’ farm — (the changes since then) — butterflies and a turkey house — spatial disorientation once when I slept in one of the fields — these locations also had water — swamps / spring — the beautiful old quarry behind (not behind really) my grandparents’

Bachelard p17 I don’t think of the house in terms of verticality but horizontally (Wright)
to put together a set of memories of my childhood house might be interesting — (my childhood house was not the house I was born in — Bachelard assumes a European permanence which is untrue for many Americans)
p25 after space 5-end

jun 1988
I can't break myself free
of my possessions
I am what I own
gaps in space time
6/88-18
9/24/21
relate to my letter to RK a few days ago — this field stays in my memory —
the fields around my grandparents house also — the quarry will always be in my memories
note my very early recurring dreams — maybe a dream section — how many can i recover