…spiritually a year of profound gloom and
indulgence until that memorable night…
when suddenly I saw the whole vision at last.

Samuel Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape

Faults may appear to be haphazard, but they
are never random. There is always a hidden
control or reason for their presence…

Hamish Campbell & Gerard Hutching,
In Search of Ancient New Zealand

I’m looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.

William Butler Yeats,
‘Before the World Was Made’