quotations and poetry – Page 3

wondrous woven magic

January 31, 2019

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the ever-changing view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.

-Carole King, Tapestry

if there was a soul this must be it

January 24, 2019

…if there was a soul this must be it, some central eternal part of you in love with the world.

-Andre Dubus III, Gone So Long

to make something with the little we have

January 17, 2019

“What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?”

― Andre Dubus, Meditations From a Moveable Chair

Often I have not known where I was going until I was already there. I have had my share of desires and goals, but my life has come to me or I have gone to it mainly by way of mistakes and surprises. Often I have received better than I have deserved. Often my fairest hopes have rested on bad mistakes. I am an ignorant pilgrim, crossing a dark valley. And yet for a long time, looking back, I have been unable to shake off the feeling that I have been led – make of that what you will.

~ Wendell Berry

Another passage I found on the surpassingly lovely First Sip.