tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post3870540510788065757..comments2023-09-28T10:08:44.827+02:00Comments on Gwynt: Listen with Your EyesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-46565722600577430932014-05-01T03:11:12.097+02:002014-05-01T03:11:12.097+02:00Tom, I think my blog has a link to the place where...Tom, I think my blog has a link to the place where you can get the interview, but I don't think it's available for free.....we subscribe to the journal and get them regularly, but I do think there's a way on the website to get individual sets (if not just a particular interview.)....Well, here you go.....<br /><br />https://marshillaudio.org/catalog/volume-116Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-66629658171703268612014-05-01T01:30:55.502+02:002014-05-01T01:30:55.502+02:00Caught me!Caught me!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-40813359431130534882014-04-30T10:47:07.061+02:002014-04-30T10:47:07.061+02:00Rouchswalwe; A lovely comment.
On a different t...Rouchswalwe; A lovely comment. <br /><br />On a different tack entirely, I feel I should point out (and I know this thought could not possibly have occurred to you!) that "Gwynt the Hawk" misses nothing; not even when something is hidden in plain sight on a certain Box Elder. :) Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-36502508256604819732014-04-30T10:41:37.560+02:002014-04-30T10:41:37.560+02:00Sheila; So glad to have applied a little glue to ...Sheila; So glad to have applied a little glue to a missing memory. I am intrigued by your reference to the interview by Stratford Chaldecott, but regrettably am unable to find it. Will continue to search.<br /><br />Not only is the pond very wide, but getting wider!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-88999954096231819362014-04-30T01:43:16.392+02:002014-04-30T01:43:16.392+02:00I echo Sheila's thought. The Pond is wide. And...I echo Sheila's thought. The Pond is wide. And as an American, vacation seems not to be valued (read freely given) by the taskmasters). This post allowed me to float in Sushi moments of my time in Western Japan. Wonderfully enlightening. And Jean Gebser comes to mind again. And Marlene Dietrich ... (didn't see that coming, didja?!). In 1971, Marlene gave an interview in Copenhagen for Swedish television in which she said, "You see, we were taught that we were not important ... it was a very good upbringing. Because if you pay too much attention to yourself, I don't think you can help many people."<br /><br />As an introvert myself, I have thought long and hard on that interview. I was taught the same thing. And yet, I once met a man named Iahn. When I asked him about the spelling of his name, he told me that his parents had spelled it that way because it meant "I Am Here Now." My heart almost stopped, because that is a phrase I repeat to myself at times. It is a truth of mine.<br />Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-22051828023312574632014-04-29T23:25:12.395+02:002014-04-29T23:25:12.395+02:00Oh, my, those words about music...i know I read th...Oh, my, those words about music...i know I read that at some point in my life (I have an English degree), but they didn't stick, and I just love that. I think I may borrow it for what I will be writing about next!<br /><br />So glad for your wonder-full trip, as it sounds like it was. I think you would enjoy listening to the interview I mentioned with Stratford Caldecott, his talking about encounters with infinity....<br /><br />Oh, how I wish America were not so far from France and England!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-2399146538629302672014-04-29T10:51:16.906+02:002014-04-29T10:51:16.906+02:00Marja-Leena; It was a lovely trip for so many rea...Marja-Leena; It was a lovely trip for so many reasons. I am now experiencing that 'post-holiday' feeling, trying to get back into my normal way of life. Difficult!<br /><br />Beth; I am glad my meeting with Natalie has revived such happy memories, both of yours and Marja-Leena's earlier visits. Natalie is such an incredibly easy person to visit. Her hugs and her home just wrap themselves around you.<br /><br />Ellena; I suppose if I were to try to say what it was that generated those deep feelings, it was the sense of the presence of 'eyes-wide-open' love. I was with Natalie for about seven hours, maybe a little more, and it was a real effort for me to bring the meeting to a close. <br /><br />Susan; Thank you for the Rilke quote. I do so need these trips to London now and again. It feels akin to redemption. For many a year I was unaware that I was slowly sinking into rural France, and losing my self confidence as a result. Now I am aware of the danger and can make sensible and obvious plans to avoid the problem.<br /><br />Halle; I think in part it is a result of being extremely introvert, and part resulting from being 'kept apart' from the world by my father. I have often felt that, except for certain drawbacks, the monastic life has its attractions - so long as it was not too crowded!<br /><br />Geo; Now that reminds me of the London of my childhood:-<br /><br />"....The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,<br />The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes,<br />Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,<br />Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,<br />Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,<br />Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,<br />And seeing that it was a soft October night,<br />Curled once about the house, and fell asleep....."<br /><br />Then the clean air Act of Parliament was introduced.<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-33513511150706713062014-04-29T06:17:22.025+02:002014-04-29T06:17:22.025+02:00There is much to admire in Eliot. The Prufrock is ...There is much to admire in Eliot. The Prufrock is in the pudding: I try not to measure life out in coffee spoons or wear my trousers rolled. A fine post, Tom!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-11042056201328533802014-04-29T03:48:40.152+02:002014-04-29T03:48:40.152+02:00This post has left me feeling in awe over and over...This post has left me feeling in awe over and over Tom. It is so difficult to imagine you as anything but a people person.<br />Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-23102276748838281622014-04-29T03:31:09.796+02:002014-04-29T03:31:09.796+02:00I'm happy to know you enjoyed your journey to ...I'm happy to know you enjoyed your journey to London. Sitting quietly to watch people has long been among my favorite things.<br /><br />I live my life in widening circles<br />that reach out across the world.<br />I may not complete this last one<br />but I give myself to it.<br /><br />I circle around God, around the primordial tower.<br />I've been circling for thousands of years<br />and I still don't know: am I a falcon,<br />a storm, or a great song?<br /><br />~ Rainer Maria Rilke<br />The Book of Hourssusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-19991940821335146122014-04-29T01:23:31.687+02:002014-04-29T01:23:31.687+02:00I am so pleased, Tom, that words such as unselfcon...I am so pleased, Tom, that words such as unselfconsciously, unjudgementally and quality time describe the powerful emotions you experienced during your<br />'leave'. Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-29281076182298116932014-04-28T21:23:32.632+02:002014-04-28T21:23:32.632+02:00A wonderful post, Tom. I too was so happy to see t...A wonderful post, Tom. I too was so happy to see that you and Natalie had been together, and read your two accounts of the afternoon, with so much that I sensed remained unsaid because it perhaps could not be expressed in words. Like Marja-Leena, it reminded me of being in Natalie's apartment myself, and the deep connection some of us have been so fortunate to share.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-83588155105531223262014-04-28T21:06:33.983+02:002014-04-28T21:06:33.983+02:00How delighted I was to see you over at Blaugustine...How delighted I was to see you over at Blaugustine! Such a happy visit for you both. It made me relive my own visits with Natalie back in 2009. <br /><br />And how good that you and your daughter reconnected as well. <br /><br />A journey full of blessings...marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-73644329416097787472014-04-28T13:37:55.509+02:002014-04-28T13:37:55.509+02:00Natalie; I could have said so much more about our ...Natalie; I could have said so much more about our meeting, much of it a reflection of what you have said. But in an odd sort of way I felt, what is the word for which I seek, a sense of hesitancy, a non-wish to step heavily on something on the borders of the sacred. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-28722179254847606542014-04-28T12:40:41.480+02:002014-04-28T12:40:41.480+02:00Tom,thank you so much for this and for your presen...Tom,thank you so much for this and for your presence in my home. I too have just mentioned your visit (and included your photo) on Blaugustine but it was a struggle to find the right words to report on a true meeting of minds and a real friendship, born out of the ephemeral world of blogging. I'm so glad that you are real and that presence...and Presence...is an undeniable reality.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.com