Month: April 2020
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To Stand upon the Earth
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This is the last of a daily succession of poems I’ve been uploading “from our seclusion.” They are all excerpts from two series of poems I wrote in the 1990’s, one on Martin Buber’s concept of I-Thou, the other on Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow. They belong together, I think, in some way. The…
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The True, the Between, the Forming
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This is the penultimate seclusion song of this series, in which the hyphen between I and Thou has alternated each day with the shadow.… continue reading
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Learning to Dance with my Shadow that Haunts me
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Shall I teach my shadow how I like to dance ? Or must I learn the dance-steps my shadow knows ? Or should we learn a new dance, altogether ? … continue reading
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The Deployment of Force
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Still on the subject of feet and their deployment, I ask myself this question : where am I to stand in the hallways of The Lie ? Here is my answer : on the hyphen between I and Thou, my surfboard in the endless storm.… continue reading
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Making the Earth Whole
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The voice of truth is bound to be a lonely one. That would seem to be a rule in human life. For a race in question, it spells disaster. These three articles are worth reading, if you have not already read them : From the BBC From the Independent From today’s Observer … continue reading
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The Value of our Distress
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I equate “value” with “quality” and both of these with the right hand side of the brain.… continue reading