Dan Beachy-Quick

“I like the moment of failure that finds us on that line, abandoned of intent, caught in an experience of a different order, stalking the line between two different worlds and imperfectly taking”

“Wonder, as a point of concern, denies its own consideration. It has the remarkable capacity to hide in the midst of its revelation. Wonder, to preserve itself, withdraws. It withdraws from the mind, from the willing mind, which would make of mystery a category.”

“I see the world is flat and the map flatthat records it, and both page and world speak each other forever. Put a fold in eternity and it is just as flat and wide. Take the map of the world and fold it into a boat and the boat becomes the world.”