To find the world . . .
Welcome back. I’ve been sidetracked for a couple of days. Today is Freya's day with a major Winter front moving through OkieLand . . .
The Lunar New Year and Year of the Dragon is upon us, under an eclipsed new moon . Spooky.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was established yesterday in 1927 by Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). .
Today is the 148th birth anniversary of John Griffith (Jack) London The writer of “Call of the Wild,” among others, was born on this date in 1876 San Francisco.
It's also the day in 1856 that painter John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy.
And, its the 396th anniversary of Charles Perrault's birth. The French writer of Tales of Mother Goose was born on this day in 1628 Paris.
In order to have the capacity to “move the world,” the great teachers say, is really quite down to earth and practical, and doesn’t require life in a monastery. – Richard Rohr
Lost
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.
– David Wagoner, from Collected Poems 1956-1976 (Indiana University Press).
Picture perfect
It's Tew's day and the mailbox here in TulseyTown is covered with a bit of snow . . .
… and French writer Simone de Beauvoir was born on this date in 1908 Paris.
Joan Baez turns 83 today. The singer, songwriter/poet, and political activist was born today in 1941 Staten Island, New York,
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. — Martha Graham in conversation with Agnes DeMille in Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham, Random House; First Edition (August 20, 1991)
...to know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing. - Picasso
On this day in 1839 Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of France proclaimed his invention of the daguerreotype, the first commercially successful form of photography. The French, and subsequently most of Europe, adopted the technology as an art form. The U.S. treated it as a commercial curiosity.
There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect, and not one of them is attained through punishment. – Ursula Le Guin
The more sacred we make our spaces
the more magic we feel called to create
inside these spaces – Sophie Strand
Listening to the Future
It's a rainy, cold, blustery Winter morning in Okieland and the Moon is nowhere to be seen …
“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming” – David Bowie
The English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor David Bowie was born on this day in 1947, London, England.
Today is the birth anniversary of Stephen Hawking. The British physicist was born in 1942 Oxford, England.
It's also the birth date of Charles Tomlinson. The English poet/translator was born in 1927 Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
Specialisation and the pressure to publish has and is doing damage to both scientific and historical endeavors. It's time for some interdisciplinary conversation.
Re: navigating the Watercourse Way: Everyone knows firsthand that life is messy and painful, beautiful and unpredictable. The endless practice is keeping our heart open to the whole of it. – Mark Nepo
Changes
“And these children that you spit on
as they try to change their worlds
are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware of what they're going through.
– David Bowie
The Loon
cries for three days, in the gray mist
cries for the North it hopes to find
… as though it were your own
vanishing song. – Mary Oliver