TITLE: A Compendium of Longing

This series is meant to evoke feelings of existential longing, uncertainty as to ones place in the world and the revelations that come with those questions, feelings of yearning, curiosity, wonder, revelation, introspection. I have written a poem that extends the narrative of the images. Each stanza corresponds to each image as they appear(Image 1 would correspond with the first stanza, image 2 with the 2nd etc.), and would serve as the title for each image.

Poem:

My mind wanders

Reaching up
Looking out

Throwing cages at clouds
Trying to catch a question
That ran away

Grasping ghosts


Putting armor on nothing
Convinced of its everything


Building boxes
Blocking out the ceaselessness
The out there
Eternal longitude

Heaving humanity into the heavens
I long to pry open my chest


Then I may
Meet
The bottom of my lungs
Feel
Heartbeat in thunder
Exhale
Fog with the trees

AUTHOR: Schuyler Dawson (United States)

Schuyler Dawson hails from Marin County California at the intersection of rural and suburb. He spent his youth crashing bicycles with an army of boys in his cul-de-sac and building forts in the marshlands and woods nearby. Evoking themes from his childhood Schuyler’s work explores our notions of comfort, the divine absurdity of existence, and the spaces we navigate and occupy, both physical and psychological. Through his work, he seeks to highlight the subtle beauties of the world around us and understand our subjective perceptions. Through photography he attempts to highlight this highly subjective reality while conveying a sense of sublime beauty in our attempt to understand our place in it all.