knowing and thinking
Think enough and you won't know anything. --Kenneth Patchen
Think enough and you won't know anything. --Kenneth Patchen
Spring rain: A saffron dust of pollen On mottled green glass. Spring rain: Disappeared mountaintop Learning the secrets of hiding From a swath of cloud. Spring rain: My street shoes slick With red mud In... More »
Sometimes I bristle at the notion of goals, am resistant to the idea of having them. But really I do have them. I want to feel greater satisfaction and fulfillment in my job, maybe moving... More »
Pine trees and strange rocks remain unknown to those who look for mind with mind. --Shih-Wu
We have to sleep with open eyes; we must dream with our hands. --Octavio Paz
Relying on solitude is easy; giving up things to do is hard. --Adept Godrakpa, from Hermit of Go Cliffs
The eagerness of objects to be what we are afraid to do cannot help but move us. --Frank O'Hara
Winter solitude-- in a world of one color the sound of wind. --Basho
"I'm sure (my memory) only works one way," Alice remarked. "I can't remember things before they happen." "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward," the Queen remarked. --Lewis Carroll
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. --Charles Simic