Grasped by myth . . .
Today is slated to be five seconds longer than yesterday as we are amid the Winter Solstice return of light on this Satyr's day in Okieland.
Its the 143rd anniversary of Harriet Monroe's birth. Born in 1880 Chicago, she established Poetry Magazine.
The poet and translator Robert Bly was born on this day in 1926 Madison, Minnesota. He's on my top 10 list.
From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life. – Richard Paul Evans
Jesus.
You’ve heard of him, right? His birthday is in 2 days.
(Ya’ know, not really. Most scholars agree Jesus was born on another date. IMHO? Jesus was a Leo. But this is when we celebrate because the pagans in Rome were already celebrating this time of year. It’s called Saturnalia - look it up!) … The thing about Jesus I dig (besides his emphasis on unconditional love and dinner with friends) is the way he ministered.
Jesus wasn’t perched on the hillside yelling, “HEY YOU- BE NICE!”
His brilliance was helping people make small shifts towards betterment through…
*wait for it* … STORYTELLING. – Marisa Corcoran
A myth is a symbolic narrative that communicates important truths that cannot properly be revealed in any other way. To understand a myth we have to enter into an imaginative narrative, like living through a poem. In that sense, all poems are myths which we allow to grasp us.
After Long Busyness
I start out for a walk at last after weeks at the desk.
Moon gone plowing underfoot no stars; not a trace of light!
Suppose a horse were galloping toward me in this open field?
Every day I did not spend in solitude was wasted.
– Robert Bly
“The ultimate way is without difficulty—just avoid picking and choosing.” – Seng-ts’an
All language is metaphor . . .
In Freya's day's mailbox this rainy morning, reminders that today is the birth date of several seeker/creatives:
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edward Arlington Robinson was born in 1869 Head Tide, Maine.
The poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth, was born in 1905 South Bend, Indiana.
The composer Giacomo Puccini was born in 1858 Lucca, Tuscany.
Ralph Fiennes is 60 years old today. The British actor was born in 1961 Ipswich, England.
And the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in 1960, Brooklyn, New York .
Just what the Truth is cannot be spoken. . .
as a Christmas hymn (snow/satin) try Nights in White Satin ….
Rediscovery
These will
never happen again:
Small Chinese porcelain butterflies
and boxes in stores.
Wintertime puppies and couples.
The warm
after the cold;
pretty faces,
busy places,
moody skies and silk blouses.
These
keep happening.
– jab
A noteworthy silence . . .
It's Thor's day . . . and the mailbox is rattling . . .
. . . The Supreme Court justices would be fools not to uphold the Colorado Supreme Court's decision banning Trump from appearing on the state's Republican presidential primary ballot. – Amanda Marcotte
So, what's next? – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse 12.19.23 (online).
Garrison Keillor has plans for a different kind of Christmas.
Between the notes, a silence . . . – Mirabai Starr