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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...olumns of the temple of Zeus, in Athens, stand white against the moonlit sky. A woman walks among columnar cypress, her sandals scraping sand an... ...res. Below, somewhere on the bay, a ship winked and made me feel that the sky had gotten below us. A warm wind and some scarves, that was all I nee... ...P Thousands of white herons flew over our island this morning, making the sky a sky of motion. They flew almost all morning, flying toward the mainl... ...nts to amuse himself? Phaon... I see you against every wall, against the sky, in the dark, in the sun under the trees. My flesh aches, my arms melt... ...rge canvas, with a flock of white birds in the sky, carrying a blue tree. October, November—bad months for sickness. But by December he was up, skin... ...ons, labor, illness, age. LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 269 Cloux October 15, 1517 Francesco is copying this: I have been unable to write... ... talked about my Anghiari and she was eager to follow its progression. October 29th Masculine skies...feminine skies...at this season of the year... ...ns, the horse with man, the legs of frogs with the legs of men.” Cloux October 6, 1518 This is my second autumn at the château—cold, cold! Windy.... ...ormation I had recorded is spotty. Tomorrow we will begin with item 1. October 28, ’18 A lavish autumn! Gold leaves float on the river, and, as ...

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