1903-1974, English Literary Editor, Writer, Critic
Art Art is the conscious apprehension of the unconscious ecstasy of all created things. Previous Convictions , 1963
Attention / Awareness Like the glow-worm; dowdy, minute, passive, yet full of mystery to the poet, and passionate significance to its fellows; so everything and everybody eternally radiate their dim light for those who care to seek. The strawberry hidden under the last leaf cries, "Pick me"; the forgotten book, in the forgotten book shop, screams to be discovered. The old house hidden in the hollow agitates itself violently at the approach of its predestined admirer. Dead authors cry, "Read me"; dead friends cry, "Remember me"; dead ancestors cry, "Unearth me"; dead places, "Revisit me": and sympathetic spirits, living and dead, are trying continually to enter into communion. The Unquiet Grave
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004