tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post6179957710726171729..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: PraiseThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-21164130354825699902009-01-29T14:40:00.000+00:002009-01-29T14:40:00.000+00:00Absolutely, Jay.Absolutely, Jay.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-58366608121673328442009-01-20T10:36:00.000+00:002009-01-20T10:36:00.000+00:00That first piece speaks to me. I have often marve...That first piece speaks to me. I have often marvelled at the way adults just do not <I>see</I> the beauty - or indeed the fascinating detail - in small things. It is brought home to me forcibly at times, like when I've been walking on the beach and the person I'm with has said 'What on earth are you doing?' and I'd say 'Just looking at the stones' or 'I was thinking about the way that seaweed grows' and they've looked at me as if I'm completely nuts. LOL!<BR/><BR/>But to me, a lot of the beauty of the world is in the small things, and the detail of both small and large things is fascinating.<BR/><BR/>'To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower'. Says it all really, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-8744483439850438102009-01-19T21:47:00.000+00:002009-01-19T21:47:00.000+00:00Thanks for these comments! I must remark how beaut...Thanks for these comments! I must remark how beautifully they all interlink.<BR/><BR/>From Beauty and Joy - to Praise. It's natural, it's the only thing to do, for the poet, for all of us.<BR/><BR/>And, as in the Rilke poem I quoted, Praise can also alleviate suffering, and bring some sort of contact with the ineffable.<BR/><BR/>And, going yet further, in Sonnet VIII of "The Sonnets To Orpheus" Rilke says Grief or Lament ("Klage")should join the sisterhood of our heart's deities together with Joy ("Jubel")and Longing ("Sehnsucht") - and walk side by side with them in the realm of Praise ("Im Raum der Rühmung").<BR/><BR/>"Yet awkward as she [Grief, Lament] is, she suddenly/lifts a constellation of our voice,/glittering, into the pure nocturnal sky." (From the Stephen Mitchell translation)<BR/><BR/>Enlightenment indeed.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-57280778674029366952009-01-19T20:21:00.000+00:002009-01-19T20:21:00.000+00:00I think that people who go walking find the beauty...I think that people who go walking find the beauty this world has to offer, even in a barren wilderness there is beauty to be found. Bob.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830090701346321489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-41441218529510069412009-01-19T17:34:00.000+00:002009-01-19T17:34:00.000+00:00Do you know this one, too, solitary walker? It wa...Do you know this one, too, solitary walker? It was read to me a number of years ago, during a time of loss and mourning:<BR/><BR/>SONNETS TO ORPHEUS <BR/><BR/>VIII<BR/><BR/>Where praise already is is the only place Grief<BR/>ought to go, that water spirit of the pools of tears;<BR/>she watches over our defeats to make sure<BR/>the water rises clear from the same rock . . .amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86277599162773124202009-01-19T14:43:00.000+00:002009-01-19T14:43:00.000+00:00Solitary…"…most people simply don't know how beaut...Solitary…<BR/><BR/>"…most people simply don't know how beautiful the world is and how much splendour is revealed in the smallest things…"<BR/><BR/>Indeed. I write to share this belief. It is as good a reason as any I know for getting up day after day. The world is a beautiful and splendid place if we only look, only SEE, the wonders all around. Navajos, wise earth-keepers, say "go in beauty" instead of good-bye—a lovely phrase which recognizes both the spiritual and physical, the flesh and soul, of this philosophy.<BR/><BR/>Too…from this stems to capacity and reason for praise.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-71972077896779463212009-01-19T13:00:00.000+00:002009-01-19T13:00:00.000+00:00This sounds like true enlightenment to me.This sounds like true enlightenment to me.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566477778406400875noreply@blogger.com