August 23, 2011

The Blooming of One Flower

daylily photo by Ruth

Never, not for a single day, do we let
the space before us be so unbounded
that the blooming of one flower is forever.

From the Eighth Duino Elegy

5 comments:

  1. but then we are putting constraints upon everything. what if we did not? what then?

    it surprises me here how the photographer is so much inside the photo. i wonder if i'd have seen this photo elsewhere if i'd have instantly recognized ruth within it as i did upon coming here today. artist and art - do we ever escape/transcend ourselves? do we want to? (oh, only time to time. i believe, well - one part of me believes - as Gerard Manley Hopkins, "What I do is me: for that I came." the other part of me would like to strangle the i completely out of me.)

    xo
    erin

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  2. the words are so like a pointed stick. the photograph softens the space. they speak to and about each other. thankyou for the balance. steven

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  3. Thanks for your responses to the post and the photo.

    erin, I love the GMH quote.

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  4. this seems to be a challenge beyond capability.
    but maybe in baby steps we can get close enough.
    rick

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"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Go ahead, bloom recklessly!