Beautiful, Stephen, just splendid, sheila
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> The Lake that precedes the lake we know, he went looking for that, the one
> that preceded our presence, our primal violation. One can touch it, but not
> touch it. One can see the horses in the distance, the men with their arms
> upraised. One can hear it, but not hear it. It is the Israel that is not in
> Israel. He went looking for that. Conviction, not disappointment is his
> nature. He sacrifices the distance between two points. He consorts with
> Emptiness. She is the Name beyond the name. She is the Alphabet with no
> Signature. He makes signs without a sign. The color of his breath is
> invisible. Under the luminous tree on the island beyond the lake, she leans
> over. In a silence without a sound, she embraces him.
>
> Stephen Vincent
> from The First 100 Days of President Obama, March 3, 2009 (haptics &
> commentary)
> at http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
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