Coda: Ode to a Colossal Sun

Abstract

‘Not Ideas About the Thing But the Thing Itself’

‘The River of Rivers in Connecticut’

‘A Child Asleep in Its Own Life’

‘The Planet on the Table’

‘The Dove in Spring’

‘Of Mere Being’

‘A Clear Day and No Memories’

In July 1997 I was asked to use seven of Wallace Stevens’ late poems as a starting point for a series of paintings. The poet was virtually unknown to me.