A psychic state achievable through geography

    Ancient exiles,
 Tell me about your seas…

   -Arthur Rimbaud, from “Comedy of Thirst”

 Image: Found
 Title: Nod to Rebecca Solnit from A Field Guide to Getting Lost

The Tall Sky of Hope

And at dawn, armed with ardent patience, we shall enter the splendid cities.

-Arthur Rimbaud

Image: Taddeo di Bartolo, San Gimignano, detail, c. 1391 
Title: Marin Sorescu, from “Fountains in the sea”