John Sandbach

Virgo 14. A collection of diamonds of many different colors. Impurities within the diamonds – or structural imperfections – is what creates the colors, boron giving rise to blue, nitrogen…

Virgo 13. A meteorite with the edges worn smooth. Any fall creates wind, long falls generating fiery winds that polish away the harshness of sharp shatterings. I was a meteorite,…

Virgo 12. To test her fears, a woman takes a walk alone at night in a graveyard. They had misled her: There were no people here. Only bodies changing form.…

Virgo 11. The smell of ancient perfume as an Egyptian tomb is opened. The breathing stops for a moment, for fear that with the next breath the perfume might have…

Virgo 10. A baby fascinated by many differently colored vials of healing elixirs. The tiny hand reaches out to touch the colors, sensing in their subtle gradations made intricate by…

Virgo 9. In a freshly plowed field, a man searching for arrowheads. As he walked, gazing at the ground, he could hear in the creaking of tree branches the taps…