Caribbean polymath (poet, fiction writer, painter, philosopher, educator) the author reveals here some of the threads that link the first three. In this book his created words and images are shown to be linked to key moments in his autobiography. He hopes it will contribute something to the conversation about the interrelationship between the arts. In his own words, I am becoming increasingly aware that my poetry, painting, prose-fiction and academic philosophy are very closely related, and finding the oneness that links them is now part of my quest... so I see this book as part of an ongoing investigation... I have only recently discovered the word ekphrasis, which is the name for poetry written in response to visual art...