APPROACHINGS
I want to watch watching arrive.
I want to watch arrivances.
—HÉLÉNE CIXOUS
I think back gladly on the future.
—HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBENGER
Think of things that disappear.
Think of what you love best,
What brings tears to your eyes.
Something that said adios to you
Before you knew what it meant
Or how long it was for.
—NAOMI SHIHAB NYE