"And this I dreamt, and this I dream,
And some time this I will dream again,
And all will be repeated, all be re-embodied,
You will dream everything I have seen in dream.
To one side from ourselves, to one side from the world
Wave follows wave to break on the shore,
On each wave is a star, a person, a bird,
Dreams, reality, death - on wave after wave.
No need for a date: I was, I am, and I will be,
Life is a wonder of wonders, and to wonder
I dedicate myself, on my knees, like an orphan,
Alone – among mirrors – fenced in by reflections:
Cities and seas, iridescent, intensified.
A mother in tears takes a child on her lap."
-Arseny Tarkovsky, "And this I dreamt, and this I dream." 1974.
A short mix created for Small Press Traffic, a Bay Area-based arts organization that supports local poets, archives small press histories, & cultivates conversations between people in the arts. The original broadcast on December 18th, 2020 was a collaboration with visual artist, Subset, to accompany live readings by Noah Ross and S*an D. Henry-Smith.
Topazu & Subset video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GICyk9CdpTg
Small Press Traffic:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCsmI4J5xYtbARdGnPrT5YnA
Subset:
http://vimeo.com/subset
S*an D. Henry-Smith:
https://seanhenrysmith.com/Portfolio
Noah Ross:
https://www.baestjournal.com/issue-5-list
