1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Preface and acknowledgements Notes

      5  Invitation Letters from the heart Digitization and loss More than human Being and becoming A waste of knowing The rigour of amateurs The way of art Notes

      6  Tales from the Woods Introduction Somewhere in Northern Karelia… Notes Pitch black and firelight Notes In the shadow of tree being Body Shadow Touch Time Art Notes Ta, Da, Ça! Notes

      7  Spitting, Climbing, Soaring, Falling Introduction Notes The foamy saliva of a horse The mountaineer’s lament Notes On flight Notes Sounds of snow Notes

      8  Going to Ground Introduction Notes Scissors paper stone Notes Ad coelum Notes Are we afloat? Notes Shelter Notes Doing time Notes

      9  The Ages of the Earth Introduction Notes The elements of fortune Notes A stone’s life Notes The jetty Notes On extinction Notes Three short fables of self-reinforcement Notes

      10  Line, Crease, Thread Introduction Lines in the landscape Notes The chalk-line and the shadow Fold Notes Taking a thread for a walk Notes Letter-line and strike-through Notes

      11  For the Love of Words Introduction Notes Words to meet the world Notes In defence of handwriting Notes Diabolism and logophilia