At the close of the violent twentieth century, Octavia Chavez is an artist beset by contradictions.
Repelled by human cruelty, and sensing the impending extinction of wilderness, she nevertheless wants to put something into the world that inspires awe and wonder rather than horror and argument.
And it turns out that, in the face of such a fierce challenge, the intellect is not much help at all.
As Octavia discovers, you cannot escape the dark work of staring into your own soul.
Her only gui.