Ecology

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A dramatic juxtaposition of a human tragedy involving electrocution and the delicate, fading image of an endangered butterfly against a mountain backdrop.

Arthur Sze analysis explores the unifying vision in his poem 'Mirage'

In Arthur Sze's 'Mirage,' a thief electrocutes himself stripping copper cable from a utility pole, an image starkly juxtaposed with the impending extinction of the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot but

Adrian Vale·June 1, 2026

A fragmented, colorful mosaic of a human figure as seen from a housefly's perspective, highlighting the alien visual reality of interspecies perception.

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Terrance Hayes' Ecologies of Perception Explores Interspecies Reality

To a common housefly, the human towering above it is not a single, coherent image, but a dizzying mosaic of ultraviolet, gray, blue, and green.

Adrian Vale·May 25, 2026