Conversations; Images and Poetry

This book is about conversations between photographic images and poetry. And a third conversation within readers, who spend time with the book. Elizabeth's photography and Clem's poetry converse with each other--neither describes or illustrates the other, but offers visual insights into the beauty of the environment and questions we have about our lives. We are as immersed in conversation as in the air we breathe. It is connection with ourselves and others. We talk to ourselves when solving problems or exploring choices. Or sit in silence as listeners. In sleep, we dream in images and words. Our conversation is not limited to other people. We talk to pets, shout at deer munching away in our garden. Or listen to songs of birds and night-insects conversing with each other. Before infants learn words, they communicate from the moment of birth. If dementia or trauma claims our minds, we are still there somewhere. Only in death do our conversations cease--as we know them.