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Art Is Not Tame – Henry David Thoreau

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“Art is not tame, and Nature is not wild, in the ordinary sense. A perfect work of man’s art would also be wild or natural in a good sense.”

- Henry David Thoreau

Attribution: Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), in The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, vol. 1, p. 337, Houghton Mifflin (1906).
(Image: magenta bougainvillea summer –  copyright Imogen Crest 2007.)

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December 27, 2007 at 12:29 pm

Let The Wheel Spin Out – Philip Larkin

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“Let the wheel spin out,
Till all created things
With shout and answering shout
Cast off rememberings…”

- Philip Larkin

Attribution: Philip Larkin (1922–1986), British poet. “All catches alight.”

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Written by imogen88

December 27, 2007 at 12:16 pm

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I Turn My Head – Carolyn McDade

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“I turn my head to sky rains falling,
wash the wounds of numbness from my soul.
Turn my heart in tides of fierce renewal,
where love and rage run whole.
Come drink deep.”

- Carolyn McDade

Attribution: Carolyn McDade (20th century), folk–singer and hymn-writer. Worship Comes Alive. “Come Drink Deep,” l. 6-10 (1991).

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Written by imogen88

December 27, 2007 at 12:11 pm

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