atlas · sometemple

part one · the original labyrinth

thresholds

entry · turning point · the door is also a corridor

threshold· doors· corridor· map· lost

depths

below the building · below its idea of itself

well· stairs· deeper· deepest· basement· trapped

iii

surfaces

breath above the line

surface· moon· garden· tower· white· black

selves

first person · second · third · vacated

eye· mirror· you· me· us· them· solitude

minds

recall · attention · breath · ritual

memory· forget· dream· wake· silence· noise· breath· ritual

measures

clocks, words, numbers, weather

time· number· word· question· answer· never· always· clock room· hourglass

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limits

edges of the page

nothing· everything· circle· glitch· ∅· exit· secret

viii

lexicon (older)

words this house has used for itself

naturata· naturans· metaphor· adundas· wreathus· hexture· idolum· lacuna

apparatus

librarianship · the back of the book

library· catalogue· ascii· colophon· errata· marginalia· palimpsest· footnotes· glossolalia

atmospheres

weather inside the building

rain· snow· fog· mist· wind· storm· frost· dusk· dawn· noon· midnight· twilight· four am· vigil

objects

a small vitrine in each room

coin· key· letter· candle· stone· feather· ribbon· photograph· pen· watch· matchbox· thimble· glove· leaf· window· kitchen

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strangers

glimpsed · not introduced

stranger· neighbour· visitor· witness· custodian· librarian· child· sleeper· walker· traveller

xiii

geographies

places not in the building, exactly

sea· river· forest· station· road· harbour· bridge· lighthouse· island· ferry

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sounds

the labyrinth, audible

creak· drip· knock· ticking· echo· whisper· rumor· footstep· humming· chime

part two · the palace wings

the hours

24 small portraits — one per hour of the day

00· 03· 06· 09· 12· 15· 18· 21· 23 all 24 →

xvi

the colour archive

24 pigments — each room is the colour

ochre· umber· vermilion· indigo· viridian· cobalt· oxblood· slate· pearl· jet all 24 →

xvii

the bestiary

20 small creatures sighted in or near

the noem· glass fox· hour-moth· paper cat· mirror-bird· corridor hare· lamp-fly· marginalia all 20 →

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the herbarium

15 specimens · pressed and catalogued

candlewort· mourning-iris· ink-leaf· midnight-lily· salt-poppy· slate-moss all 15 →

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the constellations

12 figures · plus a clickable sky at night sky

catcher· lost child· ferryman· watchmaker· bee-keeper· second sleeper all 12 →

the house

20 rooms · by floor

pantry· study· parlour· observatory· conservatory· garret· hallway all 20 →

xxi

the archive

25 found documents · telegrams, postcards, receipts

telegram· postcard· logbook· will· registry· maps all 25 →

xxii

the dictionary

30 invented words · the new lexicon

ferror· vespilux· gloamtide· narthex· dimwait· horalith· corvian all 30 →

part three · the meta-rooms

xxiii

periodical

the sometemple review · ten issues

no. 01· no. 02· no. 03· no. 04· no. 05· no. 06· no. 07· no. 08· no. 09· no. 10

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the processional

12 chapters · a single procession through the building

i. threshold· ii. antechamber· iii. stair· iv. library· v. kitchen· vi. garden· vii. corridor· viii. mirror· ix. well· x. attic· xi. threshold (again)· xii. page

xxv

the path

12 sculptures · orthogonal forms · entered through breath

i. stone· ii. thread· iii. coil· iv. rim· v. wing· vi. spire· vii. seed· viii. bone· ix. knot· x. wave· xi. arc· xii. return

xxvi

attic & drawers

12 attic things · 13 drawer contents

eaves· trunk· dollhouse· phonograph· globe· typewriter· pencils· buttons· keys· marbles· stamps· corks

xxvii

engine room & cistern

10 machines below · 8 below those

boiler· dynamo· furnace· pipes· telegraph· cistern water· cistern echo· cistern lamp· keystone

xxviii

museum cases

17 single-object vitrines

compass· inkpot· seashell· braille· lacework· sextant· phrasebook· clockworks· brass bell

xxix

tools

small interactive pages — to read the labyrinth sideways

search· oracle· wheel· today· almanac· guestbook· garden walk· museum· looking glass· night sky· radio· compass· directory

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generative

16 small interactive canvases

drift· threads· weather· lines· orbit· murmuration· bloom· frost· chime· moths· dust· sigil· ivy· type· loom· tide

part four · further wings

xxxi

cartography

16 maps of unmappable things

forgetting· attention· grief· lateness· quiet zones· lit windows all 16 →

xxxii

dream fragments

20 small dreams · recorded on waking

kitchen· flying· stairs· water· mirror· island all 20 →

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music room

12 instruments · presently silent

piano· violin· harp· metronome· organ· a score all 12 →

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graveyard

15 small stones · for things, not people

a summer· letter unwritten· small bookshop· an idea· a belief all 15 →

xxxv

apothecary

18 remedies for fictional conditions

distraction· small grief· threshold· unfinished things· four am all 18 →

xxxvi

tearoom

12 teas · daily and for tuesdays

keemun· lapsang· chamomile· house blend· third infusion all 12 →

xxxvii

knotwork

15 knots · daily and decorative

bowline· figure-eight· true-lover's· for grief· braided all 15 →

xxxviii

numbers

12 small integers · lived with

0· 1· 3· 5· 7· 12 all 12 →

xxxix

noemata · a tribute

14 pages · in homage to noemata.net

about· directory· mail art· codework· e-poetry· leap second· cloud machinery· scanner obscura all 14 →

more tools

recent additions

concordance· discovery· typewriter· lexicon· mood· phonetics

partition · vi · further wings (gathered)

xli

the shelf

10 small books · standing as found

treatise· essays· atlas of dust· diary· dictionary· quiet year all 10 →

xlii

stations

10 small halts · marin to terminus

marin· korphavn· glasshope· silvergrove· petrel isle· terminus all 10 →

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notes left

10 · on the table · pinned to the door

back soon· dinner· thank you· key taken· borrowed· phone msg all 10 →

xliv

garments

10 · in various cupboards

overcoat· summer dress· shawl· evening jacket· walking boots all 10 →

xlv

glances

10 · seen from a distance

mother & child· two old friends· woman, letter· busker· lone diner all 10 →

xlvi

mechanisms

10 small machines · still working

pulley· cog· spring· bellows· shutter all 10 →

xlvii

beach finds

10 · picked up between tides

green glass· driftwood· cuttlebone· mermaid's purse· a bottle all 10 →

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other wings

forty more — see the full register

all 78 wings· catalogue· directory· search· concordance