19 August 2025
W.S. Merwin on the plane—Yena's copy of his collection Garden Time, written (partly dictated to his wife) when he was losing his eyesight in his 80s. Simple, visceral, stark, gentle, clear, like the reader can fit comfortably in the space between the words. Brought to mind the minimal album art of Masayoshi Fujita's Bird Ambience, a letter “i” broken down into the relations between its constituent components. Or Donald Judd's 100 untitled works in mill aluminum (1982–1986). Light, reflection, darkness, space, shadow, clarity, and contrast.