Michael Perkins / Photography

I climbed the creast of a noble cliff that juts out into the sea …

I climbed the creast of a noble cliff that juts out into the sea …

Out in the wine-dark sea lies a land called Crete …

Out in the wine-dark sea lies a land called Crete …

Laws of attraction, of entropy …

Laws of attraction, of entropy …

Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled, …

Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled, …

Ô femme dangereuse, ô séduisants climats! …

Ô femme dangereuse, ô séduisants climats! …

INVERTED REFLECTIONS

INVERTED REFLECTIONS

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought, …

But in the climbing ecstasy of thought, …

RELATIVITY

RELATIVITY

Far off, amidst the placid sunshine, glow …

Far off, amidst the placid sunshine, glow …

New shores descried make every bosom gay…

New shores descried make every bosom gay…

The fruits of which adorn the lands …

The fruits of which adorn the lands …

I saw a line that was no line; space that was not space.

I saw a line that was no line; space that was not space.

… adolescence like a lamp overturned in the rain.

… adolescence like a lamp overturned in the rain.

MACROS

MACROS

What is seen remains insubstantial to that which is not.

What is seen remains insubstantial to that which is not.

And the wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Khatmandhu …

And the wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Khatmandhu …

LONELY

LONELY

… from the glasses’ concealment; and drenching and flaring by turns,

… from the glasses’ concealment; and drenching and flaring by turns,

URBAN GEOMETRIES

URBAN GEOMETRIES

They are almost hid through mists of space.

They are almost hid through mists of space.

City of mist and rain and blown grey spaces,

City of mist and rain and blown grey spaces,

… she holds the highest place,

… she holds the highest place,

In the gloom of whiteness, In the great silence of snow,

In the gloom of whiteness, In the great silence of snow,

I saw the city’s towers on a luminous pale-gray sky;

I saw the city’s towers on a luminous pale-gray sky;

… sand silver white, fine as flour …

… sand silver white, fine as flour …

PATHWAYS

PATHWAYS

… the waves shall crash, the air shall not be still.

… the waves shall crash, the air shall not be still.

FRAMING

FRAMING

Luck is not chance – It’s Toil –

Luck is not chance – It’s Toil –

… a port open to the past and the future.

… a port open to the past and the future.