Monday, January 4, 2010

Instant Inspiration

Sometimes, beauty isn't jumping out of your trunk like that asian guy in the movie "The Hangover". Sometimes it is hiding in between and under things. When I feel this way, I often remember a professor in college. I asked her, "What should I paint?" and she told me that, "Beauty is usually right there in front of you, you don't need to search very far." She told me to pick 3 random objects and just look at them and then paint them....I think sometimes humans are tuned into Taj Mahal magnitude of beauty, are you? Here is a little poem to go with today's post and a picture to inspire. Hope you find some minuscule beauty today.-A




















XVII (I do not love you...) -Neruda



I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.



3 comments:

Rebecca said...

Neruda is one of my favorites. whenever I travel overseas, I bring a book of his poetry with me.

Carol said...

Aaaahhh - thank you. Well Done start to my new year.

Anonymous said...

Neruda! Once you have read him, you carry your heart and the world around you in a synchronized vibration.