Stories/FOLLOW A PATH/ABSENCE
FOLLOW A PATH · ABSENCE
Following what has left
Even after the boat is gone, the eyes stay on the sea
Leaving, waiting, an empty boat, Ieodo, an empty house. What is gone is not erased; in the empty place it is seen longer.
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01 / STORY 03Only as Much as I Remember
Recollection · 1988
PART I · What Comes into View as the End Draws Near -
02 / STORY 04I Had Only to Lift My Head
Longing · 1985
PART I · What Comes into View as the End Draws Near -
03 / STORY 22My Share of Looking
Sunset · 1979
PART II · The Body Knew First -
04 / STORY 26Safely
Rite to the Sea God · 1976
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
05 / STORY 27Eat Before You Go
Mother and Fish · 1979
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
06 / STORY 28The Tree That Sees Them Off
A Wave of the Hand · 1979
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
07 / STORY 29Still Not Untied
The Jetty · 1979
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
08 / STORY 30I Could Take a Step
The Rock That Lifts Its Head · 1980
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
09 / STORY 31Are You There
Ieodo · 1980
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
10 / STORY 32I'm Looking
A Long, Long Longing · 1981
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
11 / STORY 33What News Have You Brought
News · 1984
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
12 / STORY 34Toward the Returning
The Empty House · 1987
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
13 / STORY 35Just a Little Longer
The Old Pine and the Old Man · 1987
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
14 / STORY 36When I Went Out, I Didn't Know
The Fisherman's House · 1993
PART III · What Remains After Leaving -
15 / STORY 38Go Well
Longing · 1996
PART III · What Remains After Leaving