tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post8034373222158460476..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Elizabeth Jennings: "The Diamond Cutter"Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-80957204662549413472016-12-21T10:29:43.452-07:002016-12-21T10:29:43.452-07:00Brian Joseph,
Yes, looking at the universe can be...Brian Joseph,<br /><br />Yes, looking at the universe can be daunting. Small steps though are possible and more effective in the long run.<br /><br />I remember viewing a series of lectures on DVD titled the life and Death of Stars. The lecturer mentioned an astronomer who spend decades studying only one of thousands? millions? of nebula, the one in Orion I think. His lifelong study though produced information that can be generalized to many other nebulae throughout the universe. <br /><br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-3536413947400023462016-12-21T10:19:55.699-07:002016-12-21T10:19:55.699-07:00Mudpuddle,
Something like keeping the focus on th...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Something like keeping the focus on the present. Do the next step and don't worry about the goal.<br /><br />"And something of the climber's concentration<br /> Seeing the white peak, setting the right foot there."Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-89915858761756585282016-12-21T10:11:04.948-07:002016-12-21T10:11:04.948-07:00R.T.,
Agreed.
Or, as the Taoists say, a journey ...R.T.,<br /><br />Agreed.<br /><br />Or, as the Taoists say, a journey of a thousand li begins with a single step. <br /><br />There are many distractions along the way. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-87451509949076374722016-12-21T03:32:46.114-07:002016-12-21T03:32:46.114-07:00I like to verse. I think that your analyses is rig...I like to verse. I think that your analyses is right on the money.<br /><br />Focusing on the small can yield such rewarding results in the long run. Sometimes if we through all attention on the galaxies we end up not going anywhere at all. <br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-78312444798246584872016-12-20T21:47:58.794-07:002016-12-20T21:47:58.794-07:00i have a funny feeling about this poem. it's ...i have a funny feeling about this poem. it's one of those in which the feeling outweighs the sense, imo... as if, when meditating, one grasps an unworldly essence completely unexplicable in ordinary terms... it's a bit oriental in that way... very nice, i like it... txMudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-70211469935723892132016-12-20T13:31:45.812-07:002016-12-20T13:31:45.812-07:00Yes! Going beyond the over-arching metaphor sugges...Yes! Going beyond the over-arching metaphor suggested by the title, with the implications of the supreme Creator, deserving a separate discussion, I would say this is my off-the-cuff reader-response explication and understanding: The cosmos in which we live -- and the infinite ineffable here and beyond -- cannot ever be apprehended and appreciated unless we first focus on the single gems accessible and observable. So, mixing my metaphors, I guess we must "stop and smell the rose(s)" rather than attempt viewing and breathing in the entire garden? Thanks, Fred, for sharing the poem. I wish I could remember to live life with the kind of discipline suggested in the poem. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com