"If a fool persists in his folly, he will become wise."
~William Blake Even so, my sister.
http://www.zgallery-art.com/tarot/
Even so, my brother
The hero is called to adventure and accepts the call, perhaps after an initial refusal, perhaps not. How far does the story go? If supported by the elements and the deities, until the end, which if truly round the circle becomes the beginning once more.
Variation on a theme. Check out the website from which I am quoting its poem by Elizabeth Bishop. There's much more to entice on the page, though, especially if interested in poetry. http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assignments/poem-a-day/18.html
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One Art by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master. Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster. I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The art of losing isn't hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster. --Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster. |
A feverish-minded, ill-bodied night at the O.K. Corral.
The horses are safe, yet restless and stamping/snorting, seemingly without pause.
The door swings on its hinges, admitting starlight and a couple out on the moor, pleading, crying, demanding, standing.
Wind picks up and voices become clear for a couple of minutes.
Threats cast impulsively bring instant remorse as the strains and song die away.
In the adjoining house, candles can be seen on all three floors, and the sounds of weeping and sobbing inconsolably echo.
http://www.vermorlian.com/paganArt/paganartEB.html ...The thousand different YOUs
(You know they're in there...)
Were sent out in all directions.
Into the world to interact with all of the myriad
Enterprises and situations that are possible
Given all those parameters.
You would increase exponentially to
Eventually fill every ACTor
On the stage... :)
I had sent this post out yesterday,
And yet, as with so many other 'Days' set aside...
I refuse to believe there is only ONE day to celebrate
Such an enormous thing as Peace or Health or Parents.*******Without further ado, then...
Here's to one half of the unit/unity that makes up
The hardest and most important job I can imagine:
That of molding and nurturing a fellow human being. So much power, so much influence.
I am the person I am because of those people,
Those parental units, for better and worse.
That father, in particular, on this,
What I now declare to be The next Happy Father's Day,
Otherwise known as The Next Day.Thank you to all the fathers,
Ones who help us enter the world
Be practical and use reason,
To have confidence and humorOf course Mothers are sometimes Fathers
And the other way round. It's as arbitrary as the borders
Drawn of certain disputed nations...
Somewhat meaningless, but often
Patterned surprisingly the same archetypal way.Anyway: thanks! keep up the good challenge!
It's worth it. You're worth it.
Gratitude is never-ending.
My last post kept irritating me.
Two sides of a coin means it's not
Right to toss one side away.
It's also not wrong, and where does that leave us?
Precisely nowhere.
Except that it's also not possible... :)So my mind traveled to the land of teevee...
To the UK and Red Dwarf, where so many
Individual episodes have so much to say about
Life in general
(What does THAT say about comedy, Aristotle?) In this episode, Lister manages to split the ship
Into two additional parts, just like the regular
Strawberry was joined by a magnificent one and a
Horribly nasty strawberry too.Results were comic but also telling.
Can we really manage to get rid of either the
Angels or the Demons in this plane
Of life's milieu?
At this evolutionary physical state?
And be left with a functioning whole...
A question for you. Please let me know.
Fifth episode from series five of the cult Sci-Fi comedy series.
Starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles,
Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn.
http://fourthcorner.wordpress.com/2008/03/ On the one hand, you have the color
That could be the same,
But isn't quite. On the other hand,
They have nothing whatsoever to do
With each other
Except for the fact that one follows the other
In an album line-up.
Could that possibly be enough For a reasonable argument?
Proximity alone?
I don't know....
Kind of hoping not.
Seems too narrow a focus
And generalization at the same time.
This page is mostly about that and not about astrology, though there are links
Should one be interested in that line of association... :)
May this season bring you and yours great benefit
And fruits of even the smallest generous endeavors
You have made during the year now past
A milestone like this is a chance to stop and breathe them all in. ******* This is the second in what I hope will turn out to be
A series of three posts about the solstice.
The third will have to do with the celebrations each year on the
Dawn of the Solstice at the site of Stonehenge,
{So famously, if not otherwise, miniaturized in Spinal Tap.} In my third installment:
There's some great footage of the impressive ring of stones
From the inside looking way up and all around.
And a bit of history as well.
Don't know quite why I'm talking about it here.
I think there might be a bit of fear that it will
Only be posted tomorrow.
But since the actual time was 7:48 EDT a.m.,
As the white rabbit might say, I'm already late...
'For a very important date!' I was 'here' for it at the right time, though.
Just not in written bloggy format. [Here are thirteen of the most famous of
Innumerable Sun gods and goddesses from
Around the world.
More information can be found at the
Website at bottom: Amaterasu, Hebat, Helios, Apollo, Freyr, Garuda,
Huitzilopochtli, Inti, Lugh, Mithras, Ra, Shemesh,
Sunna, Sol Invictus, Surya, Tonatiuh, Utu http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/sungodsgoddesses/a/070809sungods.htm ]
I've got this turned around... backwards.
My first post was meant to be Dawn
Wishes for a wondrous and happy
Summer SolsticeAnd I just pinned down today,
As I always get confused,
Thinking that Midsummer is actually in
The middle of the season known as Summer,But NO - it is equal to the Solstice in every way,
In every resource I can find...
Thus the trailer.
I love Shakespeare, do you?Man, talk about a guy with influence.Even the comedies... :)
Considered by Aristotle to be the least
Like reality from the 4 classical genres
Laughter is the best medicine, though...
As many would agree.
How can that be explained and reconciled,
And just what is Real, anyway?Aristotle of all people, a student of Plato
Knew there was real and Real.
I certainly hope he had a layered experience in life
Wielding as much influence as he did,
For among his students was Alexander the Great..
Which begs the question not only of what is real,
But what is great?As above, So below
Longest day of light
Shortest day of ... merlot? snow? below?
My kingdom for a rhyme
At times.
http://www.edupics.com/en-coloring-pictures-pages-photo-banyan-tree-i13709.html
"Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give."
~William A. Ward
There seemed to be some good insights there
Practical right-headed things to contemplate.
What I noticed whilst typing it out was this:
The many mentions of the word 'before.'Before. Before. Before. Before. This really does imply a level of awareness for which
I strive, but do not consistently achieve.
Not yet, anyway.The beat between the incoming and outgoing breaths
The moment between stimulus and response
The time to consider before action.
I'm working on it.