"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

12 January 2014

Onward.


Lingering, even among what's most intimate, 
is not our option.  From fulfilled images 
the spirit abruptly plunges toward ones to be filled; 
there are no lakes until eternity.  Here falling 
is our best.  From the mastered emotion
we fall over into the half-sensed, onward and onward.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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