Dedication
To Harry Reynolds and his bastard file, now never dull.
Acknowledgements
Echo Future Truth was written by D.P. Maddalena between 2015 and 2022, and is published here for the first time with the help of Apocalyptic Art Collective, a dis-organized community of artists committed to the mutual support of tent-maker artists who, through their work, make the case that there’s more to this world than meets the eye or fills the bank account.
The author wrote, edited, produced, marketed, engineered, and recorded the work presented herein, but would never have been able to do so without the support and care from all who are mentioned below. This work only exists because the author stood on the proverbial shoulders of giants (seriously, look at that list of people; if you know, you know). The author, having been so elevated, promptly lept off the shoulders of the giants, thinking he could fly; so, as the saying goes, all credit for the good to thee, all blame for missing the mark to me.
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Web design and development by D.P. Maddalena based on Jekyll theme ‘Hitchens’ by Pat Dryburgh; woodcuts by Spyros Vassiliou (ca. 1945, with thanks to the Athens Elliotts); site laid out with OPTICloister font.
Works by others
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein tought me to think of how architecture nurtures or constrains the soul of community, and the soul; The Problem of God by John Courtney Murray tought me how a few words can be rooted in eternity and take a life to unpack; Mani by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Deep into Mani; Journey to the Southern Tip of Greece by Peter Greenhalgh and Edward Eliopoulos help me hold on to one of my favorite places on Earth, beautiful, harsh, primitive, holy; William Shakespeare, who wrote some poems and taught me how to use a microphone; the Priestly Author of Genesis chapter 1 and St. John of The Revelation invite me to come and stand at the threshold, to look past beginnings and endings, and discern a small part of the mystery.
Statement on AI
No AI tools were used in the creation of this work. All writing, editing, and research was done by the author (with the exception of editorial support performed by humans as noted elsewhere on this page). My m-dashes are my own!
AI coding tools were used to support the development of this website: the author makes no claim to be a web developer.
Echo Future Truth by D.P. Maddalena © 2025, licensed under Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
