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Uploaded: 05/13/18 4:46 PM GMT
Not Made To Hold
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Three triangles of birds crossed
Over the enormous ocean which extended
In winter like a green beast.
Everything just lay there, the silence,
The unfolding gray, the heavy light,
Of space, some land now and then.
Over everything there was passing
A flight
And another flight
Of dark birds, winter bodies
Triangles - Pablo Neruda

I tried to put a bird in a cage.
O fool that I am!
For the bird was Truth.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!

And when I had the bird in the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, it broke my pretty cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!

And when the bird was flown from the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, I had nor bird nor cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage.
The Fool's Song, William Carlos Williams

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Lewis Carroll

Burma Road, Greg Adams

Tick Tock, Boney James

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.GomekFlorida
05/13/18 6:24 PM GMT
Once more, you really dwelve deep into some thought provoking literature. I was listening to the samples of music you left here, and Boney James is nice, but I prefer classic jazz such as Coltrane and Davis, etc.
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Long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the dark green forests were too silent to be real. Lightfoot 1967
::tigger3
05/14/18 10:58 AM GMT
Once again you have really outdid yourself in my opinion. I think this is superb! I enjoyed the music links also, thanks John. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Vickid
05/14/18 12:08 AM GMT
A favorite. Really appreciate the mixture of the textures and the colors, the outside reminds me of aged wood, and the interior sleek and modern. Your talent in providing intriguing and insightful narrations is excellent, as well as the music. Wonderful work, John.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
::mesmerized
05/15/18 12:51 AM GMT
As yet, I have not had a chance to listen to your music links, but I do love the dark rich color choices here and the darker depths within, and your passages concerning the birds reminds me of the Kahlil Gibran quote: "Thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words, may indeed unfold its' wings but cannot fly".
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Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. (Victor Hugo)
.koca
05/15/18 7:06 AM GMT
I love your work illustrated with poetry. Fantastic.
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.icedancer
05/21/18 7:26 PM GMT
Beautiful work again, looks like a huge arch of elegant patterns
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