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Re: Moth lyrics
> wieldingFIRE <marquis at icx_net> said:
>
> And anyway, would you say of Van Gough, "I wish he had painted a little
> more realistic. That Starry Night would be so much more beautiful if I
> could actually make out the stars or the moon." Or would you remark of
> Shakespeare, "I love his work, but all that imagery is so complicated. I
> wish he would have left out all the references to youth as spring, old
> age as winter etc, etc..." My point is the things we think are
> beautiful, are beautiful because we do not completely own them. They
> are individual works that speak volumes of sometimes unintelligible,
> sometimes unrecognizable emotions.
>
Dang is this ever a good point. We often forget that the finished product
that we are presented with is often the result of an undiluted voyage of the
mind merged with the intense beatings of the heart....and then we wonder why
we don't "get it".
> Sometimes it takes a complete stranger to know just what you need.
>
And you don't have to fight them for it to get it. They can speak your
mind, without having to search it first.
Candace
PS Okay Chris, so this is 2 posts in one day already. BTW, I really need
to get off the digest so that I can actually respond to brillance such as
this without cutting and pasting the world first.
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