David Whyte’s “Blessing” poems are interpreted through a visual journey across the Irish landscape in this short film by Emmy-winning filmmaker Andrew Hinton. Musician and composer Owen Ó Súilleabháin, who has collaborated with David Whyte for over a decade, offers a reflection on the music that inspired the creation of this short film. (via Gratefulness.org)
BLESSING FOR SOUND
from The Bell and the Blackbird by David Whyte
I thank you,
for the smallest sound,
for the way my ears open
even before my eyes,
as if to remember
the way everything began
with an original, vibrant, note,
and I thank you for this
everyday original music,
always being rehearsed,
always being played,
always being remembered
as something new
and arriving, a tram line
below in the city street,
gull cries, or a ship’s horn
in the distant harbour,
so that in waking I hear voices
even where there is no voice
and invitations where
there is no invitation
so that I can wake with you
by the ocean, in summer
or in the deepest seemingly
quietest winter,
and be with you
so that I can hear you
even with my eyes closed,
even with my heart closed,
even before I fully wake.
BLESSING FOR THE LIGHT
from The Bell and the Blackbird by David Whyte
I thank you, light, again,
for helping me to find
the outline of my daughter’s face,
I thank you light,
for the subtle way
your merest touch gives shape
to such things I could
only learn to love
through your delicate instruction,
and I thank you, this morning
waking again,
most intimately and secretly
for your visible invisibility,
the way you make me look
at the face of the world
so that everything becomes
an eye to everything else
and so that strangely,
I also see myself being seen,
so that I can be born again
in that sight, so that
I can have this one other way
along with every other way,
to know that I am here.
Thank you Lori for sharing. Moved.
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Transfixed by this beautiful joining of sound, sight, and word. Thanks for sharing this gem.
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So glad that it spoke to you the way it did to me. 💕
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And somehow I think that after 7+ years of virtual friendship you pretty much know what hits the mark
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💕
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utterly beautiful
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Isn’t it though?!
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Thank you Lori and David!
Sometimes I run on empty for days looking for something that feels like rain drops on my soul.
This was it her.
Beautiful ❤️
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Yes!
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Simply amazing!! TY for sharing … “David Whyte’s “Blessing” poems are interpreted through a visual journey across the Irish landscape in this short film by Emmy-winning filmmaker Andrew Hinton.”
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Thank you.
Thank you.
Such a balm.
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Thanks Roseanne…
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This is such an amazing and REAL interaction amongst virtual friends. Such a stunning, simple, refreshing exchange and generous sharing between dear Lori and our mutual friend Dave with all of us. Thank you so much 💓
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So agree Kiki. Thank you!
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Thank you dear David, this is amazing. Love, nia
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Isn’t it Nia! Thanks!
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