Posts Tagged ‘mystery’

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Secrets

by Somerled on March 30, 2010 at 12:00 am
Posted In: Comic
you tell the truth only when you least expect to

Have you ever wondered why a person might wrap her body around with so many stories and excuses and mythologies, when all the fears and secrets she has are perfectly ordinary, perfectly visible anyway?

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Stories

by Somerled on February 26, 2010 at 12:00 am
Posted In: Comic
I am my stories

What are the stories that, if a person does not know them, the person does not know you? Are they stories from your own life, fictional stories, or other?

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we passed each other notes

by Somerled on February 7, 2010 at 11:19 am
Posted In: Lovesick

Your window faced mine that summer, and every night we passed each other notes across the narrow alley. We were four stories above what used to be a canal. The buildings still lean in, as if they would crash together without the buttresses. The first time I saw you, you were tossing origami flowers, doves, [...]

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forget the facts we know

by Somerled on October 31, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Posted In: Lovesick

For just this night, I want us to forget the facts we know. I want the clock to stretch twelve midnight to thirteen, the wind to blow from a direction our compass and our plumb line cannot find. Halloween was delivered to us, a relic in a box of ash. We burned the witches to [...]

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I have found the notes you hide

by Somerled on July 25, 2009 at 11:01 am
Posted In: Lovesick

I have found the notes you hide. The first—not of your notes but of the ones I found—was stuffed in the window of a city bus. I saw it was a page from a larger work, numbered 27 and beginning in the middle of a conversation. I liked that message. Don’t we all meet in [...]

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Without

by Somerled on May 22, 2009 at 12:00 am
Posted In: Comic
the things you never say are still there

In quiet rooms with no one else our secrets are the loudest. Do you have secret plans for anyone you know?

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see like you

by Somerled on November 13, 2008 at 7:23 am
Posted In: Lovesick

When I finally found my camera it was back at my table at the café, exactly where I had left it to pay. How did you know I would come back? Perhaps you returned every day, set the camera down and watched. It is such a crowded café. I suppose the owner must have been [...]

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Mystery Box

by Somerled on May 23, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Posted In: Comic
an installation: space outside box

Have you ever thought someone was more mystery than substance? Have you ever thought you were?

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The Comet

by Somerled on May 14, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Comic
goodbye

Right now, are you drawn to the mystery of anything, or of anyone in particular? How do you balance wanting to know with wanting to wonder?

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Anonymous

by Somerled on February 8, 2008 at 12:05 am
Posted In: Comic
send flowers anonymously

The image in this installment is derived from one connected with a movement called Anonymous. They are holding demonstrations this weekend. Has anonymity ever made you more honest, or made someone more honest with you? Have you lived somewhere no one knew you? Is anonymity good for freedom of information and expression?

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