tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post2352412734158207707..comments2023-07-21T05:31:02.451+02:00Comments on A Year with Rilke: The Island (III)Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-44719480258695542832011-07-30T14:56:26.638+02:002011-07-30T14:56:26.638+02:00Thanks, Thomas. Quite truthfully, all credit shoul...Thanks, Thomas. Quite truthfully, all credit should go to Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy, translators of these poems and editors of the book referenced on the sidebar. Nice to see you here.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-65704088737707310932011-07-30T14:20:37.757+02:002011-07-30T14:20:37.757+02:00After spending a few days browsing your wonderful ...After spending a few days browsing your wonderful blog, I'm going to add the "Island" series to my blog...and twitter broadcast to thousands. Your blog is a gem, I'm going to suggest it to everyone!<br /><br />Thomas HerreNOTHINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858327687532162162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-88652969456627085412011-07-09T18:28:24.401+02:002011-07-09T18:28:24.401+02:00Oh how I identify with those opening lines: "...Oh how I identify with those opening lines: ". . . what is within you is near; all else is far. And this within: so packed and pressured, barely contained, unsayable." This is the heart of the artist, not just Rilke, all true artists.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-88350994107831676692011-07-09T15:14:48.782+02:002011-07-09T15:14:48.782+02:00in my cosmology there is no otherness when i leave...in my cosmology there is no otherness when i leave behind the body, the personality. no space between. there is no space. <br />when i return to my body and my mind, there's distinction. otherness defines me as much as i define it. <br />moving from an entirety to aloneness.<br />the painting holds me very close. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-87020910599702864212011-07-09T14:28:49.787+02:002011-07-09T14:28:49.787+02:00So, what is within me, near, is also far, for you....So, what is within me, near, is also far, for you. A most uncannny observation of the human condition, well worth considerable rumination.Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749338478275015984noreply@blogger.com