In addition to the sections on 20th century mythologies and the visual iconography, this site contains -- woven into its diverse exploration of art, language, science, and history -- two loosely connected stories.

The first, Lycosa and Her Sister, is a journey of discovery in which we travel deep into the natures of the modern and the ancient world as seen through the eyes of the writer and his occasional young lover, Amanita, a women whose view of the cosmos is truly the twenty-first century.

The second, Tales from the Lighthouse of Tuprefolle, takes us into the far, far future where Alvius, the last sentient being on Earth, is still trying to solve a profoundly strange murder mystery that is five hundred thousand years old. Through Alvius' eyes we go back a half million years in history to an earth a few hundred years before the last humans suddenly disappeared.

The reader must be an archeologist of themes - these are stories that must be discovered and pieced together. While the entries are not linked in any explicit chronological order, the stories can best be understood (and hopefully enjoyed) by reading the posts in order -- from the oldest to the most recent.

Constructive comments (both positive and negative) are always welcome and I invite a robust and healthy discussion.

You can learn a bit more about me and also view my growing collection of photographs at:

earlcox.smugmug.com

A few of the galleries are password protected, but nearly all are open to general view.

See also the Visual Lexicon section in this web log. Here you will find both old photographs from my life but also a repository of miscellaneous sketches.