Now, clouds are formed when in the upper reaches of the sky ¶ Many floating bodies come together suddenly, ¶ Rather rough in texture, so that they can cling, despite ¶ The fact that bonds among the particles of cloud are slight. ¶ The seeds combine together to make cloudlings first, and these ¶ Catch onto one another, accumulating by degrees, ¶ And driven by the wind in racks, they gather in a swarm, ¶ Until the point when they build up into a raging storm. (Excerpt from “De Rerum Natura,” written by Lucretius in 50 BCE and translated by A. E. Stallings in 2007 CE.)

Author: Mary MacDougall
Year: 2017
Pages: 64
Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 in.  
Cover: Softcover
Process: Risograph
Edition: 120
Language: English