Source: Newthom
Month: March 2019
Smell the earth
Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape;
you can still see very little but you can smell the earth
and feel the wind blowing.
~ Iris Murdoch, from her debut novel: Under the Net
Notes: Quote via punlovsin. Photo by Arend Ruizendaal with Reading.
Lightly Child, Lightly.
Each second the earth is struck hard
by four and a half pounds of sunlight.
Each second.
Try to imagine that.
No wonder deep shade is what the soul longs for.
And not, as we always thought, the light.
~ Charles Wright, from “In Praise of Thomas Hardy,” A Short History of the Shadow: Poems
Notes:
- Photo Nirav Photography via Mennyfox55. Poem: Thank you memoryslandscape
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
Guess.What.Day.It.Is?
Notes:
- Photograph: Close-up of a camel eating bread via storyblocks
- Background on Caleb/Wednesday/Hump Day Posts and Geico’s original commercial: Let’s Hit it Again
It’s been a long day
Why all this huffing and puffing,
as though you were carrying a big drum
and searching for a lost child.
~ Chuang Tzu, (369 BC – 286 BC) from The Complete Works Of Chuang Tzu Translated by Burton Watson
Notes:
- Photo: nini poppins. Quote: Thank you Beth @ Alive on All Channels
- Related Posts: It’s been a long day