thanks, helpful to hear the abstractions and provocations there have proven valuable to you . . . greatly appreciate your response . . .

@byzantienne.bsky.social
perfect timing! got & immediately started in: sitiing here in Taos, just visited the Pueblo today, can so imagine Basit vampire-eyeing the living architecture, one supporting a thriving human community for over half a millennia, & diamond-distilling into Rose House . . .

and i grew up in inwood of the '60s & '70s, haunted the cloisters often, gazing across the hudson at the gw bridge and the looming palisades . . .

although, with all due respect to the east river bridges, verranzzano always awes me . . . and othmar amman is a strong candidate for best name ever ;)

I also loved that your ode to nyc is called cloudwall . . . my wife, diane, and i have read helprin's tale aloud to eachother as extended adult bedtime story twice now :)

Inspired by Los Angeles artist, Jesse Hutchkis's painting:

I need a cloudhook to show me the manahatta overlays for views like this . . .

store.abramsbooks.com/products/man...