From William Markiewicz's Extracts of Existence1, a book of original aphorisms illustrated by the author.










The Great Silence


Don't stir the great silence -- all you can do is to lift the mud from the bottom.

For the animals and primitive man, the great silence serves as territory for their rituals.

In the great silence, amble other territories, other dimensions -- ourselves. We interact with this exterior great silence, we create our thunders, our muds. But the great silence itself remains unaffected, immutable, like the moon on its watch.


Woman in the Moon
Woodcut
3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches


1Published by High Park Pages, PO Box 64 Sta. "E", Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6H 4E1 TEL:(416) 537-9128
Price: $16.95 Canadian + 2.00 postage; $14.95 U.S. + 3.00 postage.
126 pages 8.5 x 9 inches
ISBN 0-9697483-1-0
Distributed by Christie & Christie 1-800-263-1991


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