A project conceived by Peter Hooten, and jumped at by the artist-fan of the poet, is beset along its course by a thousand obstacles. But the challenge is there: What is a volcano on paper? Can I hear a waterfall loud enough to paint it? And “heaven's masquerades,” will they collaborate for my drawing?

     –from Dorothea Tanning: Hail Delirium! A Catalogue Raisonné of the Artist’s Illustrated Books and Prints, 1942-1991, New York: The New York Public Library, 1992, p. 105.