Falling of the Ladder

Jean-louis Baudry Monoprint 24.5 x 39cm Series: Dividual Notebook

The room pitches and spins. My arms splay out, and I drop into nothing. It takes a long time. Like the journey of light from stars that, by the time we put an eye to the telescope, have pinwheeled into the darkness. I reach for something, anything to hold on to. My recollections of past homes seem solid until I try to put any weight on them.