Contrary Visions

1;Contents;10 2;Acknowledgments;12 3;Preface;14 4;I. Contrary Visions;18 4.1;Contrary Visions in the Gallery, White on White;20 4.2;Donna Bruna;22 4.3;From the Cloister, Saint-Rémy;24 4.4;Crows over the Fields of Auvers;26 4.5;Nude Descending in All Directions;28 4.6;Painting Poppies near Arles;30 4.7;In the Bois de Vincennes, Paris;32 4.8;Other Possibilities;33 4.9;Coventry Cathedral;35 4.10;The Replica;37 4.11;The Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge;39 4.12;Touching a Stained-Glass Window in Gloucester Cathedral;41 4.13;The Peasant Woman above Tarifa;43 4.14;From a Café Window, Tangier;45 4.15;20th Century Studio Scene;47 4.16;Lately I Have Been Too Wrapped Up;48 5;II. Rituals;50 5.1;Rituals;52 5.2;The Enchantress;54 5.3;Fire;55 5.4;The Waters of Bath;57 5.5;In the Hills of Les Baux;59 5.6;Earth Mothers;61 5.7;In the Plaza of America, Seville;63 5.8;Spell of Moon and Maple;65 5.9;A Deaf Woman Longs to Be among the Waters;67 5.10;Take This on Authority;69 6;III. Gifts;70 6.1;Baiting My Hook, I Try Again;72 6.2;Apples;74 6.3;The Aura;76 6.4;The Crèche Dolls;77 6.5;What You Hear in a Studio;79 6.6;To Walk Out on Three Musicians;80 6.7;Forgive Me, But This Is Just a Smear of Purple;82 6.8;Dream: Catching the Air;84 6.9;The Blind Woman, 1967;87 6.10;The Concertos;89 6.11;Touch;91 6.12;A Former Teacher Said It Is Not Easy;92 6.13;Proctoscopic Humiliation;94 6.14;At the Lawn Party;96 6.15;Music of the Hands;98 6.16;Sam's Accident;99 6.17;For a Franciscan Brother;101 6.18;I Don't Know Why I Wake Up Angry;104 6.19;Homeless on Independence Avenue;106 6.20;The Visiting Poet, Washington, D.C.;108 6.21;The Tidal Basin Holds Time Still;110 6.22;Gifts;112 6.23;Mountains;114