“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.”
― William Blake
What a gift it would be to be able to see things that clearly. An even greater gift would be to be able to convey that infinite vision in such a way that everyone could see it too. Kind of like the late great jazz poet Lord Buckley’s poem about Jesus the Nazz who ‘ had them pretty eyes.
He wanted everybody to see with pretty eyes and see how pretty it was.’ I used to believe my main quest in life was understanding and now I realize that that is at best half of it. What good is understanding if you have no way to convey it, no way to use it to help people. It would be an empty insight indeed that stayed up locked up inside one man’s head. Therefore, I wish not only to have ‘pretty eyes’, the kind that sees beauty and finds understanding but I want to grant others the gift of pretty eyes as well.
10 thoughts on “Quote of the Day – October 31 2012”
can you see, the sea
that has waves and currents
rides for free
if you can see the sea
come swim with me
don’t drown in the sea
learn to swim ,bend your knee
move ahead and feel free
you must see, me at the sea
watching you ahead of me.
your images certainly go a long way in granting the rest of us pretty eyes–this post was very thoughtful and I think your goal is one that should be pursued by all of us–not just gaining knowledge but sharing it – thank you
The question is as always, what are practical ways to make it happen…How do we grow ourselves and make it look so AWESOME that everyone will want to ? 🙂
Only thing that blocks the liking is fear.. Fear that we have within us the things causing the friction… we condemn it in others first, crazy and childish but human and primal …
Still so much to like, generally as a species we are wonderfully kind, as willing to try to make bridges as to condemn
can you see, the sea
that has waves and currents
rides for free
if you can see the sea
come swim with me
don’t drown in the sea
learn to swim ,bend your knee
move ahead and feel free
you must see, me at the sea
watching you ahead of me.
🙂
so you see :))
your images certainly go a long way in granting the rest of us pretty eyes–this post was very thoughtful and I think your goal is one that should be pursued by all of us–not just gaining knowledge but sharing it – thank you
Yes so much and thanks for commenting but even more than knowledge its the way of grocking the knowledge…
grocking?
Understanding throughly, drinking in, becoming one with
see. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein 🙂
What a beautiful sentiment.
The question is as always, what are practical ways to make it happen…How do we grow ourselves and make it look so AWESOME that everyone will want to ? 🙂
Only thing that blocks the liking is fear.. Fear that we have within us the things causing the friction… we condemn it in others first, crazy and childish but human and primal …
Still so much to like, generally as a species we are wonderfully kind, as willing to try to make bridges as to condemn