The Meaning of "THE DESERT"

"IN THE DESERT" (QT 3.7M) is a non-narrative story and may be read paradigmatically, or syntagmatically.

As the eye [I (face) (becomes visible)], sees [becomes whole]

 the Anima [ideal other (imago)] departs [transforms]

 the shards of the mirror stage

 [offer a jagged reflection (and then disappear)]

 one [truth lover] discovers oneself [to be]

 solo [eremite (cenobite) (hermit) {in truth}quite alone]

 and in solitude
resolves the fetish

as a kind [of] sharing

 while even that is an offering]

 or to put it another way... 

As the eye sees the Anima departs the shards of the mirror stage.

 One discovers oneself, solo

 and in solitude resolves the fetish

 as a kind sharing

 while even that is an offering. 

SYNTAGM = He becomes aware that she has left, the world crumbles, truth lover, solo. 

solo                she leaves          truth lover

               
in photoelectric    world fractures     eremite      
cell                                                                   

         
eye                 shards              desert flower      

              
face                fall                in parched land     

            
becomes visible     everything is       desert dweller        
                    broken                            

                          
sees                by the loss of      empty embrace              
                    love                                       


hermit              alone               gone

                 
becomes whole       just so             enormous