Ancient Mariners

London
[2008-03-16]

Looking down from an aeroplane
I see the Ancient Mariner's sea,
dark and deeply felt.

Landscapes alight with human desire
distract from the Albatross.

sound: Breath,
Karin Beaumont stars
Buenos Aires 2008

animation: L.R.
London 2008

The sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right
Went down into the sea.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1798

Flying around the Earth
from Australia to Argentina
I made drawings as I read
lines from the Ancient Mariner.

I felt my place
in the space
where the Ancient Mariner sailed.