so a mole in its wholeness of hole within the mole
digs the whole of a mole hill that enfolds that mole
and extends to the sky in its eye reflecting that mole's
wholeness of hole and protectively hiding that mole while it
excavates its sole hole? And the soul of the mole should it die?
Is that in the hole in part or in the wholeness of that mole within
that hole or some other location - beyond the whole holeness of mole?
Is the soul of the mole in the earth of the whole hole that it dug
and in the stars that the mountainous hill has touched as the
mole hill grew when the mole was induced to dig a hole so
big that it triggered the rain that flowed to a stream
that swelled to a river that fed the clouds with the
moisture to trigger the rain ... that fell on the
hill round the whole of the hole the mole dug?

Alan - you are a genius - I have had enormous fun exploring whole mole holes and
challenging myself to create a response that might reflect its holeyness!
As I let the images that my own poem unravel, in my mind's eye, the colours and
precision of your own artistry in oils inspires me but I see this in 3D.

Thank you!
Sarah


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Quoting "A.D.M.Rayner" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear Sara and all,
>
> Here is 'the 'Hole in the Mole'....
>
> Which goes with the following poem...
>
>
> Best
>
> Alan
>
>
> "THE HOLE IN THE MOLE"
>
> By Alan Rayner, Oil on Canvas, 2001
>
>
> I AM the hole
> That lives in a mole
> That induces the mole
> To dig the hole
> That moves the mole
> Through the earth
> That forms a hill
> That becomes a mountain
> That reaches to sky
> That connects with stars
> And brings the rain
> That the mountain collects
> Into streams and rivers
> That moisten the earth
> That grows the grass
> That freshens the air
> That condenses to rain
> That carries the water
> That brings the mole
> To Life
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sarah Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 29 July 2005 20:09
> Subject: Re: relevant laing on scientific evaluation
>
>
> > Hi Alon -
> >
> > I'm sure you know this. In case others aren't familar with it, I thought
> I'd
> > send. I'd love to see Alon Rayner's depiction of this inside-outside in
> oils.
> >
> > One is inside
> > then outside what one has been inside
> > One feels empty
> > because there is nothing inside oneself
> > One tries to get inside oneself
> > that inside of the outside
> > once one tries to get oneself inside what
> > one is outside:
> > to eat and to be eaten
> > to have the outside inside and to be
> > inside the outside
> >
> > But this is not enough. One is trying to get
> > the inside of what one is outside inside, and to
> > get iside the outside. But one does not get
> > inside the outside by getting the outside inside
> > for;
> > although one is full inside of the inside of the outside
> > one is on the outside of one's own inside
> > and by getting inside the outside
> > while one is on the inside
> > even the inside of the outside is outside
> > and inside oneself there is still nothing
> > There never has been anything else
> > and there never will be
> >
> > Laing, R.D. (1972) 'Knots' Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, p. 83
> >
> > Thought for the week?  Don't work too hard,
> > Warm regards,
> > Sarah
> >
> > http://www.TeacherResearch.net
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Alon Serper <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > And another quote from Laing - The Bird of Paradise
> > >
> > > if this I that is the wherewith and whereby is not anything that I know,
> > > then it is no thing - nothing.
> > >
> >
>