The final page is not an ending.Every system has a temptation. Closure. The completed diagram. The final answer. The last piece placed into the correct position. The Chimera resists this.Toward the end of the book, Gala and Salvador begin to work with cards. On one side, observations are recorded: position, orientation, sequence, conditions. On the … Continue reading The Unwritten Plate
Barcelona Is the Glyph
A city can be a system of memory, structure and transformation.At first, Barcelona appears to be where the story happens. Then the city begins to answer back.The Protocols move through cemeteries, gardens, hidden rooms, markets, streets, old structures and forgotten thresholds. Roots enter the city. Trees begin to walk. Traffic systems become botanical. Former cages … Continue reading Barcelona Is the Glyph
The Glyph That Does Something
An image can describe. A glyph can act.We are accustomed to asking an image what it represents. What does it depict? What does it symbolize? What does it remind us of? The Chimeric Glyph Script asks a different question: What does the image do?The plates in The Chimeric Protocols are not illustrations waiting for a … Continue reading The Glyph That Does Something