Images of Being There

About the Book

Images of Being There addresses issues regarding the form and structure of ideation, as well as the source of thought, as the process of connectivity and juxtaposition leads to the poetic leap. It is an adventure into the unknown where mind leaves the here and now for the province of a parabola of time. There is a meaningful vision of redeeming time passed through a portal from a two-dimensional reality to a vertical column of time as time future erases time present. In this poetic work, author Dean C. Gardner employs innovative wordplay and vivid imagery to explore the elusive spirit whose visits inspire great works and whose absence haunts those who create. Images of being there is a quest for understanding in the face of the unknown, as self and the muse battle against nothingness. It is an overture to postmodernism in both form and substance.

About the Author

Dean C. Gardner studied with Dr. Campbell Tatham, a phenomenologist, at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee for eight years, endowing him with the discipline to probe the unknown. Another foundation for his books is the work of traditional haiku poets, including Basho, Bucson and Issa – which led to Gardner’s understanding of the Zen experience as the poetic leap in Western literature. Books by Dean C. Gardner: Collected Chapbooks Volunteers Chronicle Travels with the Unknown God The Marked Planet Welcome Home Soldier At Ease Soldier Soldier – worse-case scenario The Hunt Suspending The Muse