The wheel turns
The wheel turns
The seasons, the generations, our lives
Rhythms, yes
But as the wheel comes around
A tune is played, a story told
The miles are traversed
To a new road the wheel turns
:- Doug.
Archive for January, 2014
The very value of art
The very value of art is in something new revealed. New means change and movement. Movement and change and new seem not always for the good. Movement is either away or toward, imagination or love. We have discovered that all things work together for good, which we not only hope is true but somehow intuit. Although events at times seem headed in the wrong direction, these are the intermediate steps. Ultimately, movement proves good.
:- Doug.
Poetry needs a punch line too
Poetry needs a punch line too. At least if it is to do real work. It needs to switch and take us in an unexpected direction. This is the pleasure of it, and the work of all art.
:- Doug.
Startles into flight
Change is movement
Movement change
These please us ever
Poetry rounds the corner
Startles
Into flight
Quickens
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1384–Don’t write new year’s goals
Footprints in the Windsm # 1384
Don’t sit down and write a goal for the new year: zero in on your life’s purpose, and live that. A goal is something you can complete, something you can put a specific date on, and then you can rest. You can check it off. Life is not like that: I will complete my life by June 1, and then I can rest in my grave.
More meaningful would be to get your real work rolling out in the world, continually living it, constantly taking up opportunities and choosing course as you go. For instance, work on getting your message to the world: write an hour a night on your book, talk to new people every week, get speaking engagements. When someone new presents a project, evaluate it on how well it serves your purpose: if it serves in a big way, jump in with both feet!
Let goals serve your larger purpose by helping with the little things along the way. Keep your eye on your true essence.
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Follow the thread only till we get tangled
The fibers of spirit and matter interweave: each brings forth the other. This is so complex we can follow a thread only till we get tangled.
:- Doug.
Particular holds universal holds particular
The particular holds the universal while the universal holds the particular. My story is ours; if we think it is not, then it points to something that is. Story and deciphering leap-frog one another.
:- Doug.
Stages in growth of our seeing
It to Whole-making are stages in growth of our seeing. We see hints of the entire continuum from unity to diversity, opposition to wholeness.
:- Doug.
