What will the traveller see on the horizon? – From the meaning of Inuit place names & Superposition

What will the traveller see on the horizon? - From the meaning of Inuit place names



This place is not favourable

The land is very flat and looks like ice

There are lots of caribou antlers in the area

This place is a big round lake with little purpose

A place where fish were trapped

It has an island

The horizon has flies

The horizon is like a forehead

The horizon has three little islands where there are birds

A place where someone got suddenly frightened or startled

There are ancient fish in this river

Plentiful spawning arctic char

Surrounded by hills resembling igloos, like breasts

Wind breaks used for Inuit while waiting for caribou

This place is of unknown origin

A little point

Facing the prevailing wind



Superposition

On the other side of the mirror
Here and there interfere
And shadows shy away from the present

It's like the other side of ice
Where pain reverses infinite and finite
Where teachers get at something you understand
And the last sip of warm beer is refreshing

It's like the other side of the boundary (if they put it in the right place)
Where maps obscure meaning
And the Indus River has some other name

It's like the other side of your grandfather's eyes
Where words have textures
Where a tin of paint is more than the colour of a house
It's the place where I know my own name