Many words exist as both figure and ground...

Many words exist as both figure and ground
to the underlying thoughts, ideas, emotions
that are symbolized by them.

These poems were written to bring
the tension between figure and ground
into a more conscious tension.

They were transformed into brass stencils
to add the physical quality
of absence suggesting light
and to enable...
Many words exist as both figure and ground
to the underlying thoughts, ideas, emotions
that are symbolized by them.

These poems were written to bring
the tension between figure and ground
into a more conscious tension.

They were transformed into brass stencils
to add the physical quality
of absence suggesting light
and to enable the physical object to
express the perceptual process
of going from figure to ground