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The House of Time, Parts 1–2
Drawings by Slobodan Dan Paich
Text by Moira Roth
Initially based on a daily e-mail exchange between Moira Roth and Slobodan Dan Paich, “The House of Time,” Part 1 and 2, artfully arises to link the poetics of Paich’s drawings to the visualities of Roth’s poetry.
The House of Time, Part 1
December 8, 2009 Time lay scattered around the house In its dusty rooms And empty corridors. Minutes tumbled down from the ceilings, Hours were to be found Spread out on the floor. Days and months lay strewn on tables, And in the basement were piles of years. Each morning when she woke up She would stand by the window Looking at the Chair of Memory, Wondering If she had The energy and courage to sit there, Yet again, And write.  The House of Time, Part 2
August 30, 2010 It was only after many years In the House of Time That she opened its basement door, Where she found a stone Strangely marked.  After this she came regularly Each day To sit beside the stone, Caressing its surface, Before she began to write In her notebook About her life. | |