Mirrorball by John Muckle Liz Fincham including Gunpowder (1995)

including Gunpowder (1995)

they fearlessly encounter both beauty and darkness

' – Michael Hakuzan Wenninger

to the riches of these two cultures: brief glimpses into the dream-world of the Iliad and Odyssey

Mirrorball by John Muckle Liz Fincham including Gunpowder (1995)What are those distorted smears of colour in the mirror ball? Are they people? Look closer. Yes. They are people. They are us. And there am I, a small pink smudge, an arched eyebrow or perhaps not: retinal overload, a trick of the light. How do people make sense of themselves, and what do those splintered shafts of vari coloured liquidity have to tell us about the skins they are bouncing off? Who knows. The speaker of these lines is himself caught up