CATHEDRAL is built on emotion, and yet perfectly controlled and structured, as one might think of a romantic poem by Shelley or Byron. The abstract sculpture garden in a faraway land proves fertile for Scott’s terrain of pure feeling. I’m wowed how the monologue builds with sentiment and immediacy to the perfect middle line: “My heart has built cathedrals in your honor.” And then that we descend with the speaker into agonized whispers is profound, the final words echoing through time.[7-15-26]
CATHEDRAL is built on emotion, and yet perfectly controlled and structured, as one might think of a romantic poem by Shelley or Byron. The abstract sculpture garden in a faraway land proves fertile for Scott’s terrain of pure feeling. I’m wowed how the monologue builds with sentiment and immediacy to the perfect middle line: “My heart has built cathedrals in your honor.” And then that we descend with the speaker into agonized whispers is profound, the final words echoing through time.[7-15-26]