you are not a troubled guest on this earth...you were invited from another and greater night

"Hafiz stands
At a juncture in this poem.
There are a thousand new wheels I could craft
On a wagon
And place you in -
Lead you to a glimpse of the culture
And seasons in another dimension." - "Wise Men Keep Talking About", Hafiz

"To be human
is to become visible
while carrying
what is hidden
as a gift to others.

To remember
the other world
in this world
is to live in your
true inheritance.

You are not
a troubled guest
on this earth,
you are not
an accident
amidst other accidents
you were invited
from another and greater
night
than the one
from which
you have just emerged." - "What to Remember When Waking", David Whyte

Bonus: More inspiring poems at Panhala.net.

p.s. Back from my mission in The Mission district of San Francisco.

And from my Twitter stream: "Why I'm Blogging Less: 3. Harder to articulate, blogging not stratching the creative itch. Fantasy graphic novel may be in the cards."

Can you say mythopoesis?

All pictorial art is the transformation
of dead material into something spiritual. -Anonymous

Same goes for writing.

Art Charles Vess illustration from Neil Gaiman's Stardust graphic novel.

Comments

[Seek Oak's Myth]

fine fine find on the Internet ... God knows how. Peace from the Kingdom of Unity

Quote: "One of the foremost tasks of art has always been the creation of a demand which could only be satisfied later" [if you can place it!!!]

[Peter]

Somehow the poem by David Whyte reminded me of a quote by Rumi:

"Oh soul, you worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Of anything less, why do you worry? You are in truth the soul, of the soul, of the soul."

Sometimes I think I'm weird making connections like that. :)

[Michael Pokocky]

"I’ve chosen to speak with words, much like a artist speaks with paint; What I have to say is nobody ever says when they see a beautiful painting or hear a beautiful song,"That’s beautiful. What does it mean?" I hope to draw attention to writing by getting people to listen or look at it as art without asking what it means. This changes the whole dynamic of the writer as artist in the public’s mind; and through, “listening to the writing,” one might simply find the beauty. The whole net is words and words will always be around; however I believe words are an art as well; that’s why we refer to the literary masterpiece."