images

thesilentacademy

here the horizons gathered to dream • • • He

here the horizons
gathered to dream
•
•
•
Here are the final two lines of the upcoming book, ‘coordinates’.
They are the final words of a trilogy of books - ‘couplets’ was the first book, which explored concepts of imagination and the creation of impossible realities.
‘questions’ was the second book, which explored intuition and the value of he unknown.
‘coordinates’ explores the interdependence of all things, and the role of memory as ideas of ideas of ideas.
•
•
•
‘coordinates’ will be published soon. updates will follow.
•
’couplets’ and ‘questions’ are available for purchase via the Silent Academy online store or in select indie bookstores around the USA and Europe.
We’re frequently told that Silent Academy books have been shoplifted from stores in higher numbers than they sell. With this knowledge we are filled with joy. Who is more beautiful than a reader looking for mischief?

during the eclipse all the secrets in the world s

during the eclipse all the secrets in the world
stretch out to the sky
•
•
•
The above two lines depict a real memory.
The memory is written in the present tense - the idea of an event is happening.
The event was scribbled down and concealed in the landscape of the now.
You can see a short video of a place where the memory is buried.
You will be able to read this memory in sequence with a bunch of others in a book called ‘coordinates’.
The book explores the nature of memory, the interdependence of all things - unfolding and shaping one another.

during the flood
everyone whispered thirst
•
•
•
The above verse is taken from the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘coordinates’.
The verse is a real memory, told in the present tense - it is an idea happening in the now.
The memory is scribbled onto a tiny scroll and concealed in the landscape of the now.
‘coordinates’ explores the nature of memory - the sediments of ideas on ideas on ideas - the interdependence of all things material and immaterial.
The video you see is the location of remembering. Apparently still the location is not motionless. A hand held camera shakes - the human scale - fixed but unsteady.
•
The book will be made available for sale soon-ish.

The Silent Academy is relocating. • From Monday

The Silent Academy is relocating.
•
From Monday 26th October 2020 Silent Academy projects will be run from England.
•
Distribution of online orders will be made from the UK. Shipping fees will be updated in the coming days.
•
Distribution via independent bookstores within the USA, and the UK will continue as normal. We are slowly adding more stores that stock our stuff - a list of locations will be shared soon.
•
A new postal address for the usual sharing of physical materials and correspondence will be shared in the coming days.
•
Other interesting things are happening. Updates soon.

all the cellos in the world suddenly fly to cyprus

all the cellos in the world
suddenly fly to cyprus
•
•
•
The above verse is taken from the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘coordinates’.
The verse is a real memory, told in the present tense - it is an idea happening in the now.
The memory is scribbled onto a tiny scroll and concealed in the landscape of the now.
‘coordinates’ explores the nature of memory - the sediments of ideas on ideas on ideas - the interdependence of all things material and immaterial.
The video you see is the location of remembering. Apparently still the location is not motionless. A hand held camera shakes - the human scale - fixed but unsteady.
•
‘coordinates’ is the third book in a trilogy.
‘couplets’ was first.
‘questions’ was second.
•
All books in this trilogy were written in relationship to the landscape. The books are designed to fit in the back pocket of your jeans so you can take them out, carry them around - leave them on buses or on park benches.
•
Park benches are often more beautiful than libraries. That’s a fact.

reykjavík, a box of prosthetic limbs gathers sile

reykjavík, a box of prosthetic limbs
gathers silence
•
•
•
The above lines are taken from the upcoming book ‘coordinates’.
‘coordinates’ is a book about memory. The events in the book really happened, they are retold as succinctly as possible.
•
The memories are often written in the present tense, since this is how memories appear in the now.
‘coordinates’ also explores the interdependence of all things. These ideas of ideas of ideas.
•
Each verse is scribbled onto a tiny scroll which is then concealed in the landscape of the now. A place which somehow connects through an intuitive conduit.
•
The video you see shows a static place which is not static. Everything moving. Interconnected. A description of itself in and of itself. Nothing being separate.

a shard of chandelier fell to his plate as the mov

a shard of chandelier fell to his plate
as the movie director described breakfast
•
•
•
These two lines are a memory, told in the present as an idea that is happening.
The memory is scribbled onto a small scroll of paper, rolled up and concealed in the landscape of the now - you can see that landscape in the video clip.
The contents of all scrolls are will appear in sequence in the upcoming book ‘coordinates’.
‘coordinates’ is a book about memory, and the interdependence of all things material and immaterial.
‘coordinates’ is the third book in a trilogy, following ‘couplets’ and ‘questions’.
Like the other books in the trilogy this book will fit in the back pocket of your jeans.
Imagine that.

at dawn all the monuments
begin to weep
•
•
•
The above two lines are a memory. Written in the present tense, as an idea that is happening now.
The memory is scribbled onto a tiny scroll, rolled up and concealed in the landscape of the now.
The memory is one in a sequence that will appear in the upcoming book ‘coordinates’.
The book explores the nature of memory - those fluid ideas that pretend to be fixed in time.
The video you see shows the landscape of the now,
pretending to be still, near an idea that it pretending to be still.

#porttownsend #thesilentacademy #streetart #conceptualism #coordinates #book #poetry #textart #indiepress #smallpress #independentpress #art #minimalism #surrealism #indrasnet #process #shadow #poemoftheday

all the planes circling jfk are dreaming slower th

all the planes circling jfk
are dreaming slower than the sky

the sahara sounds like the centre of a hidden lemo

the sahara sounds like the centre
of a hidden lemon seed
•
•
•
The above two lines are a memory. Written in the present tense, as an idea that is happening now.
The memory is scribbled onto a tiny scroll, rolled up and concealed in the landscape of the now.
The memory is one in a sequence that will appear in the upcoming book ‘coordinates’.
The book explores the nature of memory - those fluid ideas that pretend to be fixed in time.
The video you see shows the landscape of the now,
pretending to be still, near an idea that it pretending to be still.
Actually everything is interdependent, and moving.

countless light years from home the moth becomes p

countless light years from home
the moth becomes powder

the naked trapeze artist draws a map of mulhollan

the naked trapeze artist
draws a map of mulholland
•••
The above two lines depict a real memory.
The memory is written in the present tense - the idea of an event is happening.
The event was scribbled down and concealed in the landscape of the now.
You can see a short video of a place where the memory is buried.
You will be able to read this memory in sequence with a bunch of others in a book called ‘coordinates’.
The book explores the nature of memory, the interdependence of all things - unfolding and shaping one another.

inside the mountain the monkeys watch the ocean

inside the mountain
the monkeys watch the ocean

shredding cottonwood trees
the storm examines it’s mind
•
•
•
The above two lines are taken from a sequence of memories. The memory is real. It has been scribbled down onto a tiny scroll and hidden at the location you see in the short video here.
•
The lines are taken from the upcoming book ‘coordinates’, which explores the interdependence of all things material and immaterial - the connection between time and place and perception and things.
•
The video is of a location which may appear still, but which is moving.
Nothing is still.
•
The book is the third in a trilogy.
‘couplets’ was the first book.
‘questions’ was the second book.
Sometimes people give names to trilogies.
Maybe this trilogy will be called ‘the trilogy of the empty shoe’

lonely lonely lonely the rare magic of rivers at n

lonely lonely lonely
the rare magic of rivers at night
•
•
•
Have you been reading along?
•
Monday to Friday, at a few minutes beyond midnight PST two lines are shared with about sixty seconds of video.
•
Each two line verse is lifted from an upcoming book. The book is called ‘coordinates’. ‘coordinates’ is a book about memory - how we hold and carry our truth, measured against the interdependence of all things. Separate but the connected. Sometimes the memory is described in the present tense. Sometimes the memory is described broadly, but always with as much clarity as possible.
•
Each event is based on a real happening. It is recounted in scribble on a tiny scroll that is then rolled up and concealed somewhere in the landscape of the now.
The video you see is the the landscape of the now, connected to the coordinates of memory.
•
The landscape of now may appear motionless but it is not.
•
The book will contain only words. It will look and feel similar to the first two books in the trilogy - ‘couplets’ and ‘questions’.

the photographer misreads the i-ching and spits w

the photographer misreads the i-ching
and spits water from a brooklyn roof
•
•
•
The above lines are taken from the upcoming book ‘coordinates’.
‘coordinates’ is a book about memory. The events in the book really happened, they are retold as succinctly as possible.
•
The memories are often written in the present tense, since this is how memories appear in the now.
‘coordinates’ also explores the interdependence of all things. These ideas of ideas of ideas.
•
Each verse is scribbled onto a tiny scroll which is then concealed in the landscape of the now. A place which somehow connects through an intuitive conduit.
•
The video you see shows a static place which is not static. Everything moving. Interconnected. A description of itself in and of itself. Nothing being separate.

the cicadas of new mexico give a second hand to s

the cicadas of new mexico
give a second hand to silence
•
•
•
The above lines are lifted from the upcoming Silent Academy book called ‘coordinates’.
‘coordinates’ is the third book in a trilogy.
‘questions’ was the second book.
‘couplets’ was the first book.
•
Each book has been written and shared as discrete installations of text art in the street, or somewhere out in nature, then gathered and published in sequence. ‘couplets’ and ‘questions’ were written on tiny white tags. ‘coordinates’ is distributed in tiny scrolls.
•
The video you see shows an apparently motionless detail in the landscape of the now which somehow relates to the coordinates of a memory.
•
Imagination, heart, and memory are tonal shifts across the trilogy.
At the centre is the expression of interconnectedness. Magic. Mundane beauty. Ideas of ideas.
That kind of thing.
•
You can buy the first two books from a number of indie bookstores in the USA and Europe. Or online in the silent academy store, linked in bio.

at midnight every sunflower turned to face the me

at midnight every sunflower
turned to face the meteor shower
•
•
•
The above two lines are taken from the upcoming Silent Academy book, ‘coordinates’.
‘coordinates’ is a book about the nature of memory - those ideas of ideas of ideas of ideas. The memories all relay real events that happened.
It is also a book the explores the interdependence of all things material and immaterial.
•
The book is written as individual verses onto tiny scrolls. Each scroll is hidden in the landscape of the now, which somehow feels right in relation to the memory.
•
The location of the concealed memory is then filmed, and shared.
•
On one hand the location is like memory - it seems fixed. But it is not fixed. Everything is moving.
•
‘coordinates’ is the third book in a trilogy.
‘questions’ and ‘couplets’ were the second and first books. They dealt with intuition and heart, and mind and magic. Memory and connection will close out the themes.
•
You can buy ‘questions’ and ‘couplets’ at a number of independent bookstores in the USA and Europe - or you can find them by visiting The Silent Academy online store via the link above.
•
Alternatively you could drink some tea and plot something intimate and courageous. Maybe do that instead.

an entire city places an ear to the pavement and t

an entire city places an ear to the pavement
and the clouds do nothing but rain
•
•
•
‘coordinates’ is a book about the nature memory, and the interdependent relationship between all things material and immaterial.
The above two lines are taken from the book.
•
The process of the book is this…
•
Memories are scribbled onto tiny scrolls and then concealed in the landscape of the now.
•
The video you see shows a place where a memory is hidden. On one hand the location seems fixed. Though everything around it moves. On the other hand, the location seems to move, the camera slowly shakes because tripods are avoided. No view is ever truly fixed or without human scale.

on top of the glass house mountains trees lift the

on top of the glass house mountains
trees lift themselves into song
•
•
•
The above two lines are lifted from the upcoming Silent Academy book ‘coordinates’.
‘coordinatates’ is a book that explores the nature of memory - the fluid ideas that mistakenly believe themselves to be fixed.
•
Memories are scribbled onto tiny scrolls and then concealed in the landscape of the now. Creating a conduit for ideas to travel, exploring the interdependence of all things material and immaterial.
•
The video you see shows a place where a memory is hidden. On one hand the location seems fixed. Though everything around it moves. On the other hand, the location seems to move, the camera slowly shakes because tripods are avoided. No view is ever truly fixed or without human scale.

Load More... Follow on Instagram