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Untitled (garden steps. Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
............................ e
an initiation, since the spaces it opens are new places
.............inhabited by hordes
.............................h
of new kinds --
.............since their movements
........... are toward new objectives
(even though formerly they were abandoned).
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Untitled (garden steps, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
No defeat is made up entirely of defeat -- since
the world it opens is always a place
................formerly
............................un
world lost,
................a world unsuspected,
............................be
and no whiteness (lost) is so white as the memory
of whiteness.......
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With evening, love wakens
though its shadows
............................wh
of the sun shining --
.............grow sleepy now and drop away
.....from desire........
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Love without shadows stirs now
...............beginning to awaken
...........................as night
advances.
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Untitled (garden, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
The descent
...............made up of despairs
............................and without accomplishment
realizes a new awakening:
...........................whi
of despair.
.............. For what we cannot accomplish, what
is denied to love,
...............what we have lost in the anticipation --
............................a descent follows,
endless and indestructible..............
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oak tree, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (garden steps. Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
The descent beckons
.............as the ascent beckoned.
.............................
.............a sort of renewal
.............................M
of accomplishment,
of accomplishment,
.............a sort of renewal
............................ e
an initiation, since the spaces it opens are new places
.............inhabited by hordes
.............................h
of new kinds --
.............since their movements
........... are toward new objectives
(even though formerly they were abandoned).
Untitled (garden steps, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
the world it opens is always a place
................formerly
............................un
world lost,
................a world unsuspected,
............................be
and no whiteness (lost) is so white as the memory
of whiteness.......
Untitled (garden steps, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
though its shadows
............................wh
of the sun shining --
.............grow sleepy now and drop away
.....from desire........
Untitled (garden steps, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Love without shadows stirs now
...............beginning to awaken
...........................as night
advances.
Untitled (garden, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
The descent
...............made up of despairs
............................and without accomplishment
realizes a new awakening:
...........................whi
of despair.
.............. For what we cannot accomplish, what
is denied to love,
...............what we have lost in the anticipation --
............................a descent follows,
endless and indestructible..............
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963): The Descent, first published in Paterson II (1948); included as the opening poem in The Desert Music (1954)
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Untitled (path, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (window, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (path, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (window, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), 5 December 1956 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oaks, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (oak tree, Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
Untitled (Berkeley): photo by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), c. 1957 (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California)
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