Norwegian Flowers

In the mailbox this Wednesday, named after the Norse god Odin:

Odin, it turns out, was traditionally regarded as the guardian inspiration, among many things, of creativity and especially poetry.

...if we have an aspiration to be, let’s say, a writer or someone working in a creative field, then we’re constantly seeking our own particular voice, differentiated from the voices we have internalized from our parents, political leaders, and religious teachers. It’s really about finding one’s own truth...We have to be able to trust the intuitions and deeper feelings that we don’t really understand or even feel terribly comfortable with. – Stephen Batchelor

I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms.
—Katsushika Hokusai

Synchronistically, today is the 179th birth anniversary of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, born in Bergen, Norway (1843). At the top of my list of fave/rave composers.