The Interminable

And so it came to be that I was granted a position at the Institution, which loathes a vacuum and took to me as it will take to others after I am gone and then returned. And through the colorful mosaics of my daily life in Old Town Alexandria, New York, New Haven and the District, and an unsettling (though somehow fitting) cast of characters, a plot emerged and a single thread tightened and bound me to a path that was at once my will and a great burden. And endless nights and brief days of static twilight have brought me at last, through the passage of quick unending months, to my preparation. As I begin to frame the terms of my leaving with the same steady-handed ebullience and as things that seem impossible are made manifest I can't help but reflect on the sheer volume of work that has been accomplished - and the enormity and immensity of that which lies ahead and just beneath the surface.