postcards from cerebria

“we come from the shadows and are three voids
silent and speaking of our port cerebria” – we three voids

A folio of 15 postcards and 7 word pieces, from 2020, celebrating the three visiting voids, the realm of cerebria, and its sailor inhabitants.

Watercolour, gouache and digital images, and word/instrumental pieces with audio. Poetic works can be found in the book tastes of cerebria.

Here is a clavis, or key, to the realm.

greetings from cerebria

we three voids

“seeing again the comets passing over
the timeless scripts of authority” – we three voids

cerebrian song bird

epynean inquiry

“where the dark winds ever blow
the song bird inquires” – epynean inquiry

cerebrian lyre bird

placards, cerebria

orange grove cerebria

“we speak of unison, the epynean,
silent, softly resounding, the hidden voice existing from the first” – epynean newsletter

sailors’ song

“with roundels, clogs and mandolin
let’s dance the three dour siblings in!” – sailors’ song

Instrumental version of sailors’ song – with preceeding and ending fanfares on kanak; and accompaniment on cerebrian mandolin:

sailors of cerebria

disembarkation

sailor of the orange realm of cerebria

invocation in two voices

“now speak to us of deeper things
of how we came to be” – invocation in two voices

oh voids of valence visit here

into the round

telachian whirl

“come into the round with your ancient footwork
mark the space with measures” – telachian whirl

paean in two voices

“let’s glean the great insight
revere the recondite” – paean in two voices