As I seek to cross the bridge of no making I know that I cannot go alone. For on the other side I will be One, and that is impossible unless there is unity. The arch is steep and sheer, the columns deep and the ascent as narrow as life’s way. The apex-stone is a [...]
Continue Reading...The poet must carve a path out of the world’s stone that leads up to the word of God. And this without knowing whether his words have the fine engraved edges of words in a monument or the movement you see in the travelling stars or opening flowers. In a child’s first footsteps. How much [...]
Continue Reading...My shadow, meanwhile, is bundled up inside me like a lonely cloud rolled up with many others to form a single thick covering overhead. I long for the clarification of sunlight to let my shadow stand proud of me. But I know too that I have to draw my shadow out, to pull it into [...]
Continue Reading...A sifting wind. Feelings adrift in the night. Great storms shift in their sleep. Landar © landar 2011. All rights reserved
Continue Reading...The uncompromising need for humanity – that is the theme that the final week before Christmas sets before us. We want to be loved and understood; we want someone to take our hand and lead us through the dark, unpredictable world history has bequeathed us. Why me? Why now? Why should I go through this? [...]
Continue Reading...As the year grows darker – and, by analogy, life grows darker – it’s natural to look in unexpected places for meaning and hope. As I mentioned before, the low angle of the sun’s rays highlights corners and edges of things which normally remain hidden – for example, crystals in tiny caves and openings. By [...]
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