Winter view from Binn Bhriocáin -- Two ivory swans -- Finger-fluting in moon-milk -- Four thimbles -- 'Beware the dog' -- Burial, Ardèche 20,000 BC -- In the Textile Museum -- I wanted to show my mother the mountains -- Bees under snow -- November snow -- Primavera -- TheTube-Case makers -- Fly-catcher -- Keats lives on the Amtrak -- At the end of the flight -- Snow day -- Do the sums -- Shrines -- At Killeenaran -- Lament -- Classic hair designs -- Genius -- Clean technology -- Molaise -- w.w.w.annalsofulster.com -- The singing horseman -- Treasure -- Three mountain gaps -- Eavesdropping -- Kilcolman -- St Stephen's - a speculation -- The sum of the parts -- The hang-gliders -- Acoustics -- The greening -- Antrim conversation -- Moment -- Galanthus -- Viewing the almond blossom -- The collar -- Alice Licht -- Bilberry blossom on Seefin -- Notes -- Acknowledgements.
Summary:
Moya Cannon's new collection reaches back into the long past, showing how traces left behind - textile fragments, buried thimbles, cave paintings - enable us to make imaginative connections with our distant ancestors, emphasising the commonalities of human lives lived many centuries apart. At the heart of the book is the vital importance of art, as the means by which we give permanence to the fleeting moments of our lives; and our need for a connection to the natural world, even in the most mechanised of modern environments.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.