The second half of the book, titled Isis Weeps, consists of eight black and white photographs depicting water streaming into Kiefer's studio "reactor tank" and slowlycovering the fuel rods.These images are smooth; no red clay washes across them, no bitsof ceramic dot their landscape.The smoothness creates sensory deprivation; theaction seems further away from the viewer and the loss of tactile red clay implies a lossor weakening of some sort.In comparison with the earlier, busier images in the book ,thereactor core sequence becomes less vivid as its pages are turned, signifying thetechnological future giving way to the mythical past.Kiefer added some silver energy bursts to his reactor core, suggesting a primal energy source and hinting at the re-enchantment of the world