When we see the beauty of the snow, when we see the beauty of the full moon, when we see the beauty of the cherries in bloom, when in short we brush against and are awakened by the beauty of the four seasons, it is then that we think most of those close to us, and want them to share the pleasure. (Yasunari Kawabata)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
moving past impossibilities
"Moving past one phase of one's life - transformation, and moving past impossibilities. Things seen as impossibilities at the moment"....
---Muriel Rukeyser, Interview (1972).
... and transformed into possibilities, as things begin falling into place and - or because - you decide to take care of yourself, to save yourself, and not to rely on some Prince(ss) Charming to save you. (That wouldn't be fair on the poor guy/gal, anyway.)
Were I to choose an image to illustrate the whole thing, I'd go for M.C. Escher's wonderful work (this woodcut print, for example, which I don't reproduce here for copyright reasons). Has anyone ever portrayed metamorphosis, transformation, change, impossibilities turned into possibilities, in such a playful and, at the same time, obsessive way?...
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