Holding Tank

Some of the contents of the tumbler
became the "stuff" used
in an assemblage
called Transparents. 

The assemblage was a tribute to
Joseph Cornell.

Transparents  provided a springboard
for Jack McCarthy's poem entitled
MADE FOR EACH OTHER.

Regarding this image, I have much
more immediate and intimate
memories associated  with
the tumbler than
the math utensils.

The woman who gave it to me
was named Zerolda.



We met at a poetry reading in 2006.


She introduced me to the 1933 Paramount Studios'
version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

Therefore, I fell in love.
The tumbler was her parting gift to me.

It contained a note that read "I've gone through the looking glass."

I have not seen her since but that is enough about me.