“Come to the edge,” he said.“We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded.“Come to the edge,” he said.“We can’t, We will fall!” they responded.“Come to the edge,” he said.And so they came.And he pushed them.And they flew.” ― by Christopher Logue and dedicated to Guillaume Apollinaire, originally titled Apollinaire said.
Humans have been fascinated and afraid of eclipses that affect the two principal celestial sources central to our lives, the Sun and the Moon. Most cultures have elaborate stories on the reasons for occurrence of eclipses and methods to help Sun and Moon during eclipses. Many ancient civilisations regarded and feared solar eclipses as supernatural Read more about Total solar eclipse[…]
A Blessing for Beauty May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity. May the wonders of the earth call you forth from all your small, secret prisons and set your feet free in the pastures of possibilities. May the light of dawn anoint your eyes Read more about A blessing for beauty[…]
Eastern sun, melt the cold from my bones Curtain rise, take the darkness from my eyes Breathing in, pulling life into my lungs As a child, I am born again…
春分 Chūn fēn, Spring Equinox (March 20th) 春分, the fourth solar terms of the year, is the day that position of Sun is exactly above Earth’s equator. To describe this phenomenon in Chinese, we would say that 太阳此刻刚好到达黄经零度 Tài yáng cǐ kè gang hǎo dào dá huáng jīng ling dù 太阳 Tài yáng means Sun 此刻 Cǐ kè means at Read more about 春分 Chūn fēn – Chinese spring divide[…]
Will you search through the lonely earth for me?Climb through the briar and brambleI’ll be your treasureI felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the windI knew the call of all the song birdsThey sang all the wrong wordsI’m waiting for youI’m waiting for youWill you swim through the briny sea for Read more about Keep looking[…]
The Essay, BBC Radio 4 Religions of the north https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06s9dh1