There is no return. There is no return because you never went away. The point of no return points both ways. And yet there are no journeys. How could it be otherwise with you?A mirror was placed before us. You, the crackling silver by which I see myself. You, the distance of the soul's truth. If my qibla was you, then so was my infidelity. The silver inherits the black.
'In Rembrandt's Prodigal Son we feel that the whole of humanity has been enfolded in an act of forgiveness, beyond good and evil'
---Kenneth Clark.
'Spontaneity is a response to the conditions of life'
---Stokowski.
Sobornost:
from cathedral, gathering, community.
'Knowledge arises not out of confrontation with the world but a coming-together'
---Lesley Chamberlain.
Some recommendations from my friends:
book: Stoner
film: Mother and Son
music: Biber's Mystery Sonatas
One can, conceivably, do without books and films and music. First things first.
North.
When beauty is an idea, then desire is an image. Where is that imageless land where I shall find you again, and where you cease to be you? The idea of north is the absolute, the absolute future that is north of the north. There hardness is engulfed by softness and the light gently falls all around us. Then, with all seriousness, you will speak my name, in your barbarian tongue.
4 comments:
why is beauty an idea?
and what barbarian tongue is this?
i love this line: 'You, the distance of the soul's truth'. what does it mean, though?
hi, b :-)
(did you get my other comment? about a certain lake and a certain camera?)
and what barbarian tongue is this?
ah, now that would be telling, wouldn't it?!
i love this line: 'You, the distance of the soul's truth'. what does it mean, though?
don;t know. just wrote it down because it sounded good at the time!
hi, b :-)
hello! :-)
(did you get my other comment? about a certain lake and a certain camera?)
no, don't know what you're on about here -not for the first time, I might add! :-)
cheerio,
b.
From 'The Idea of North' by Glenn Gould
'....there are very few people who make contact with[the north]and remain entirely unscathed. Something really does happen to people who go into the north - they become at least aware of the creative opportunity which the physical fact of the country represents and - quite often, I think - come to measure their own work and life against that rather staggering possibility: they become, in effect, philospophers.'
thanks, c. yes, that cd was in front of me when i wrote that-and still is. I think rebecca solnit's also written on this (and intro to a book) but i can't find it on the net. still think spengler has the most interesting things to say here though-well, i've only read the abridged version.
wishing you a speedy recovery. and, oh yes, cream cakes have always been the secret to good health :-)
Keep well,
b.
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