“we are so both and onefulnight cannot be so skysky cannot be so sunfuli am through you so I” e.e. cummings (100 Selected Poems) Some of e.e. cummings fans regard this untitled poem as his finest work. However, with nearly 3,000 poems published, it might be a fool’s errand to judge. However, what may not … [Read more…]
Excerpt: “The Soul Of The World,” by Phil Cousineau/Eric Lawton “If my soul could get away from this so-called prison, be granted all the attributes generally bestowed on spirits, my first ramble on spirit-wings would not be among the volcanoes of the moon. Nor should I follow the sunbeams to their sources in the sun. … [Read more…]
“Come to the edge, he said. We are afraid, they said. Come to the edge, he said. They came to the edge, He pushed them and they flew. Come to the edge, Life said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, Life said. They came. It pushed them… And they flew.” Christopher Logue … [Read more…]
The first Class to fully embrace holistic biology: Body—Mind—Spirit. When Melody Petersen Floyd and Terri Raymond Penington invited Christie and me to the upcoming 40-year-class reunion, my grumpy response was, I am retired and attending reunions was not in my job description. Thankfully, Christie disagreed and said, “I think we should go.” Of course! She … [Read more…]
Excerpt: Biodesign Out For A Walk, chap. 26, “Soul Medicine.” “Many of the most sacred moments in Biodesign occurred through laughter. Their laughter was of the highest order, showing no sign of being grubby, pornographic, cruel, or mean-spirited. They laughed easily and often, especially at the many intimately embarrassing moments incurred while studying, traveling, and … [Read more…]
Excerpt: Biodesign Out For A Walk. “He’s freakin’ nuts if he thinks I am going to sleep up there!” Although I think the student who muttered these words was half kidding, I was in good company. 130 years ago, John Muir was often regarded as a tramp, bum, social misfit and perhaps most demeaning, “a … [Read more…]
Sometimes it is aggravating when IT “reads” my posts and sends me links and ads that “they” think I will like (or buy). However, this was not the case when, after I posted the blog involving Darwin, Mozart and Sunny Choi. Quite mysteriously, a YouTube video of Yeol Eum Son’s performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto … [Read more…]
“One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.” – John Muir “Red exhaustion rips at your throat and salt sweat spills off your forehead and mats your eyelids and brows… The long distant runner is paid by the snap of a white thread across his chest. You are paid by the … [Read more…]
Although I have never met Dr. Michael Adams, son of Ansel Adams, our spirits were recently engaged in a splendid synchronicity that began nearly 40 years ago. It involves a revolutionary advanced biology class that I was privileged to participate in at St. Helena High School in the Napa Valley. It was revolutionary because the … [Read more…]
“So you went to the Louvre: What did you see? After the first Artist Only the copyist.” – Renny Russel: “On The Loose.” It is intriguing to wonder what the Ahwahnechee Indians must have thought when they observed Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall. It is quite likely that, because of when, where and how they lived, … [Read more…]