Hello Craig,

Hope you're well. I’m writing to share the entire journey I've been on with *Night Vision*, and why your zine holds such a pivotal role in my story. This isn’t just about me digging up copies of *The One O'Clock Gun* at Hogg’s fictional suicide grave but about how reality and fiction have intertwined.

Duality Mode

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The Past: How it All Started

My journey began with *James Hogg’s Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner*. I stumbled upon it when I was exploring Yair Forest in the Scottish Borders, and through a series of unexpected events, I connected with its themes of unreliable narration and duality.

In the midst of this exploration, I uncovered something almost supernatural. Near Hogg’s fictional suicide grave, I found an old cairn with your poetry zine *The One O’Clock Gun* buried within it. Inside that bright orange survival bag were 100 copies of your zine, untouched for nearly 20 years. It was surreal—the parallels between *Hogg’s grave*, your *fictional magazine*, and the themes you explored in your writing mirrored my own life.

The Present: Duality Becomes Real

Today, I find myself deep in the *Night Vision Process*, a project that merges film analysis with outdoor exploration. It’s eerie how your zine and Hogg's narratives have become a part of my reality. Recently, I read a short story in *The One O'Clock Gun* that echoed my life—a man in his 30s, struggling with society, turning to ecology, inheriting money after his aunt’s death... it was uncanny.

This blurring of fiction and reality became central to my project. I began to see *Night Vision* as an exploration of how our personal stories interweave with the cultural narratives that shape us.

The Future: What Comes Next

I’m preparing for another trip to Poland to continue exploring Wojciech Has’ archives at the Lodz Cinematography Museum. I plan to find the filming location of the grave from *Memoirs of a Sinner*, completing the loop between the fiction of Hogg’s grave and the reality of my journey.

The future of *Night Vision* is much larger than just personal discovery. It’s about cultural critique, merging narratives of conservation, outdoor exploration, and film analysis to challenge how we view land, culture, and access.

Let me know if this resonates with you. I'd love to catch up over a pint and discuss how *The One O'Clock Gun* could play a role in the next phase of *Night Vision Process*.

Best,

Andy Archer