Three Dimensions
by Man Ray
Several small houses
Discreetly separated by foliage
And the night—
Maintaining their several identities
By light
Which fills the inside of each—
Not as masses they stand
But as walls
Enclosing and excluding
Like shawls
About little old women—
What mystery hides within
What curiosity lurks without
One the other
Knows nothing about.
Three Dimensions was published in the December 1915 issue of Others.
Man Ray was born on August 27, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Known
as
an
influential
photographer
who
played
a
major
role
in
the
Dada
and
Surrealist movements, he is the author of Self-Portrait (Little Brown, 1963).
He died on November 18, 1976, in Paris, France.