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Field of Vision. (Original writing);
Abstract
Field of Vision is a collection of nine nature essays. Defining vision and the state of being ready to see is the goal of the first essay, "Pheasant Country." "Edges," studies the progression of sumac groves onto grasslands at the same time it details the limits (borders) of vision. "Excavations," playfully explores the form I have chosen to contain my vision--the essay--by viewing the star-nosed mole from many different angles. In "Hard Remains," a turtle shell is the source of a meditation upon the nature of memory and continuance; then in "Wildflowers," I recount my earliest memory of a living essence. The five-hundred year history of what Europeans and Euro-Americans have seen--and have not seen--when they looked upon the opposum's tail provides examples of the process of seeing--or not seeing--in "Seeing 'Possum." This process is extended in "Field Guide" when the attempt to identify an unknown bird "by the book" raises questions about the responsibility of remaining separate in order to name. Stalking a great blue heron in "Still Center," results in the focused vision and centeredness necessary for the culmination of the process in "Field of Vision," when merging with a cloud of mayflies heals the breach between subject and object, resulting in complete vision.
Subject Area
American literature|Biology
Recommended Citation
Knopp, Lisa, "Field of Vision. (Original writing);" (1993). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9415974.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9415974