wendell berry – lucy crispin, poet

the winged life

Oct 1, 2020 #attention, #Berry, #Blake, #Eternity, #holiday, #mindfulness, #presence, #social media, #The Vacation, #wendell berry, #William Blake by Lucy Crispin

Everything there is to be said about the toxic potential of social media has already have been said somewhere else (probably on social media) so I won’t rehearse it here. And it’s true that the splicing together of commercials for our lives (rather then inhabiting them) isn’t quite what Wendell Berry’s splendid ‘The Vacation‘ is about; but it feels related, somehow. Besides, this was the poem which came to mind while I was away on my holiday. Here it is.

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one of those lanterns

Feb 27, 2020 #Berry, #Clive James, #darkness, #dear, #despair, #hope, #hopeful, #light, #optimistic, #to know the dark, #wendell berry by Lucy Crispin

It might seem a bit strange to claim “lantern-hood ” for this poem, which insists on the necessity of experiencing the dark “properly”; that is to say, without light. But it’s true. This short piece by Wendell Berry (like a lot of his stuff) shines a light for me, and helps me carry on walking. Read it here.

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lost

Jan 30, 2020 #David Wagoner, #fear, #forest, #forest bathing, #here, #lost, #meditation, #mindfulness, #presence, #shinrin yoku, #the peace of wild things, #tree, #trees, #wendell berry, #wood by Lucy Crispin

Seems like a good moment to think about being lost…
Let David Wagoner’s lovely poem ‘Lost’ find you: listen to it here or here, or read it here.

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the winged life

one of those lanterns

lost