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
