The Awake Field is a collection of Ron Rege, Jr.'s reflections of small-town life during a recent sabbatical on Rhode Island. Short stories collide and co-mingle, leaving exotic visions in the mind's eye. Mysterious creatures float through lush landscapes and pantomimed fairy tales, all in Rege's abstract poetic language."[Ron Rege, Jr.'s] apparently simple yet beautifully complex little line drawings seem to spring from the very essence of 'the form'; they're warm, funny, sad, smart,stupid-and best of all alive." -Chris Ware