Wallace Stevens Archives

Mechanics and Magicians

Bynhcarmichael October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

Let wise men piece the world together with wisdomOr poets with holy magic.Hey-di-ho.— Wallace Stevens, Hieroglyphica (via Rhys Tranter) I’ll admit to this: I need a bit of magic to begin some of my Mondays. Magic that goes beyond the second cuppa, beyond the brace of cold water on the skin, but something that acts…

That Which Is Around Us

Bynhcarmichael March 10, 2020

“I am what is around me.” – Wallace Stevens, Theory We build the world around us, surrounding ourselves with things and people that reinforce for us that image in our minds. Believe you’re a hiker? Go to the mountains and be one. Sailor? Get a boat or crew in someone else’s. Runner? Get some good…