Rocktown Scrolls, Auguries of Innocence,Version II, 23” by 29”

Roman Verostko

Rocktown Scrolls, Auguries of Innocence,Version II, 23” by 29” , – ongoing
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The Rocktown Scrolls are named after the Pennsylvania coalfield “patch” where I grew up dreaming wondrous dreams while sliding down the ash-dumps. They present colorful pen & ink drawings accompanied with passages selected from a wide range of literature and culture. The passages are written with algorithmically generated glyphs clothing the alphabet with a unique set of linear forms. These coded glyph forms invite us to ponder the nature of language while the larger colored forms may be savored as cyberflowers floating in unbounded space." RV, Minneapolis 2006.
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Rocktown Scrolls, Auguries of Innocence,Version II, 23” by 29”, 2006
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To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all heaven in a rage
/ / / William Blake (1757-1827) in Auguries of Innocence 1803

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Source: William Blake (1757-1827), Auguries of Innocence, 1803
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