Sometimes I think it is a falcon
Sometimes I think it is a song
Sometimes I think it is God.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
I live my life in growing orbits
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt.
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years,
and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm,
or a great song.
- Rainer Maria Rilke, “I Live My Life In Growing Orbits” as recited by folksinger Tom Wisner at the Heron Dance Fifth Anniversary Celebration in 1999.
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The page above is from the first draft of a new art journal I’m working on:
Meditations On Nature: The Beauty Of Wild Places
Recent Projects And Random Thoughts
The 2024 Heron Dance Creativity Planner (Digital) with the Nurturing The Song Within Diary Planner (print edition).
The new art journal, Nurturing The Song Within, explores the inner work that underlies creative work, and creating a unique life.
Join Heron Dancers for a discussion of Rod’s book, Nurturing The Song Within and related poetry, art and philosophy each Sunday (tonight!) at 7pm Eastern.
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