Beatiful post, Andy. It seems appropriate that weather-worn souls would find rest in a weather-worn spot. Aren't we all, spiritually speaking, caught "at this border border of land and sea," frozen in time between this difficult & beautiful world and the sea of eternity which is our home? Thanks for transporting me for a time to a peaceful if not "hospitable" place.
Thanks Lorianne. I wasn't expecting such positive feedback. Am I allowed to comment on my own post? I confess I wrote that as an exercise, almost like class homework; I'm still getting to grips with this idea of "being" a writer and the discipline of writing to someone else's theme seemed like a good test. But the experience was 23 years ago and I felt rather rather dissociated from it...
But that apart, the rest of your comment resonates strongly with me. Some wise soul once said "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience" or something like that. It may have Teilhard de Chardin? Whoever, your words capture that feeling beautifully.
Andy,
Neat article. Found you via Jack R.'s Gassho. Your post here sounds a lot like an experience I had in Pecs, Hungary in 1993. I posted a short article about it, which provides a picture link to Pecs.
Here is the link: http://www.conscious-
living.blog...09_14_conscious living_archive.html#106404394116409176
While most of us are busy living in the past or dreaming about the future, it's very satisfying to look back upon our life experiences. It's good to remember and rediscover the experiences that shape us.
All the best in 2004!
Don
Thanks Don. I tried following the link but it can't be found. Anything missing from the url?
Yes, you are allowed to comment on your own blog. It takes us one step further. Your blog - your rules!
Isn't it exciting to find out that even when "exercising" you manage to produce something that resonates? All writers will be asked to write about things that may not particularly move them in any significant way ... but the point is, did you move the reader?
Yes, you did. I wanted to be huddled just to the left of the picture, observing the expanse, yet feeling the salty wind in my hair. To touch the stones, if only to leave the memory of my touch for hundreds more years to come.
Whether you acknowledge it or not, you already "are" a writer. We're the proof -- we're your readers!
I agree with ntexas99. I also felt like I wanted to be there, looking over your shoulder or some such.
And I don't care what your cv says.
Andy - your gift is clear.
Get a coach, get an agent, whatever - IMO, you go get writing, and waste as little time as possible (actually, none of my business - just wanting to cheer you on). Unless you believe in reincarnation and think that the experience, if held in your consciousness, will improve your writing, your time to write is .... now?
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