five short essays on various topics in visual art, and the visual art of the author are included in this book. eleven black & white photographs taken in nature - forest, landscape, houses make for a total experience of at first glance unrelated texts, however as a contrast of foci the words and pictures relate to a commonality of vision namely the author's. this conceit, for it is a conceit, is that a person and and a personality are a unified force, and that particularity is, in this case, written and viewed. the medium in this case is written and viewed as a printed book.