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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.

Atlas · Empty boats and absence →

  1. Recollection
    01 / STORY 03

    Only as Much as I Remember

    Recollection · 1988

    PART I · What Comes into View as the End Draws Near
  2. Longing
    02 / STORY 04

    I Had Only to Lift My Head

    Longing · 1985

    PART I · What Comes into View as the End Draws Near
  3. Sunset
    03 / STORY 22

    My Share of Looking

    Sunset · 1979

    PART II · The Body Knew First
  4. Rite to the Sea God
    04 / STORY 26

    Safely

    Rite to the Sea God · 1976

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  5. Mother and Fish
    05 / STORY 27

    Eat Before You Go

    Mother and Fish · 1979

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  6. A Wave of the Hand
    06 / STORY 28

    The Tree That Sees Them Off

    A Wave of the Hand · 1979

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  7. The Jetty
    07 / STORY 29

    Still Not Untied

    The Jetty · 1979

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  8. The Rock That Lifts Its Head
    08 / STORY 30

    I Could Take a Step

    The Rock That Lifts Its Head · 1980

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  9. Ieodo
    09 / STORY 31

    Are You There

    Ieodo · 1980

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  10. A Long, Long Longing
    10 / STORY 32

    I'm Looking

    A Long, Long Longing · 1981

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  11. News
    11 / STORY 33

    What News Have You Brought

    News · 1984

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  12. The Empty House
    12 / STORY 34

    Toward the Returning

    The Empty House · 1987

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  13. The Old Pine and the Old Man
    13 / STORY 35

    Just a Little Longer

    The Old Pine and the Old Man · 1987

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  14. The Fisherman's House
    14 / STORY 36

    When I Went Out, I Didn't Know

    The Fisherman's House · 1993

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving
  15. Longing
    15 / STORY 38

    Go Well

    Longing · 1996

    PART III · What Remains After Leaving