Seeing Self in Another

In the mailbox this warm and windy Monday morning…

The universe is infinitely eager to see itself from new perspectives.-- Jake Laub

Among the many gifts of poetry is the discovery from time to time of yourself reflected in the work and life of another. Rare and profound the reflections often reveal insights into one's own nature that while perhaps only suspected are welcomed, sometimes with surprise. Such is the case for me in the video portrait of May Sarton, author of Journal of a Solitude and Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing.

“I don't write poems very often and when I do, they come in batches and they always seem to be connected to a woman, in my case, a muse who focuses the world for me and sometimes it's a love affair and sometimes it's not. "

"You choose to be a novelist, but you're chosen to be a poet. This is a gift and it's a tremendous responsibility. You have to be willing to give something terribly intimate and secret of yourself to the world and not care, because you have to believe that what you have to say is important enough.” – May Sarton

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein.

And it might be obvious, but the reason the intuitive mind is a sacred gift is because we are all unique manifestations of Creation, consequently all of us have creative capacities that can be cultivated and nurtured. But we aren’t talking just of “The Arts” with a capital A. Every single act can be considered to be creative by bringing conscious awareness to it, and by bringing conscious awareness to every moment. – after Steve Farrell