
“Without stories, the land turns to real estate.” Mark Abley
Below The Culture Line When time was local the land had a story rich in the beautiful greys of paradox, carefully nurtured in mutual surrender, we touched under the pulsing canopy. Rich in the beautiful greys of paradox we slipped below the culture line, we touched under the pulsing canopy, a language unspoken so openly felt. We slipped below the culture line, searching ourselves for beginnings, a language unspoken so openly felt as to be present in each other. Searching ourselves for beginnings, carefully nurtured in mutual surrender as to be present in each other, when time was local the land had a story. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
Note: The concept of time shifted in the mid 1800s to a broader sense of time as universal, prior to that time was local.