Paws is inspired and composed of readings from Dale Pendell’s Pharmako series of books, which have been described as “elegant tapestries of accurate chemistry, pharmacology, and botany, interwoven with a rich poetical imagery.”

The images I have used from the text could be describing any number of elusive experiences. As such, I have omitted any direct reference to the original subject matter of the source chapter, which is entitled Existentia and can be found in the first book of three, Pharmako/Poeia.

Mr. Pendell’s text is used with the kind permission of the author and his publisher, Mercury House, San Francisco, California.