Completed in a span of thirty-five years, this anthology started only as an art and poetry book. But as the author worked on the poetry, he found himself revealing concepts of his other passion â the attempt to understand the true nature of anything, and everything. âÂÂThis book comes from that compulsion to know. The painting and poetry are a means to an endâÂÂthat end being the understanding of the meaning of existence. In both painting and poetry, one is compelled to seek the essence of a thing, to understand its totality,â shares the author.