Message from the Exterior Special Edition literary construction and consumption of contemporary

construction and consumption of contemporary forms of photography

as well as private reflections committed to paper

Frescoes are meant to be seen from a distance

the sunlight breaks through clouds to illuminate a curtain of glowing raindrops

After studying sculpture at Carnegie-Mellon University from 19691971

Message from the Exterior Special Edition literary construction and consumption of contemporaryMessage from the Exterior explores the ruins and remains of failed attempts to live in the deserts harsh environments, depicting abandoned houses small, often eccentric huts, both humorous and a little forlorn. Ruwedel examines the desert regions east of Los Angeles as a palimpsest of cultural and natural histories, presenting an inventory of a particular, and poignant, form of vernacular architecture; each structure might be read as a clue to the