As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's Bow swung finds the tongue to fling out broad its name; Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells; Selves—goes its self; *myself* it speaks and spells, Crying *What I do is me: for that I came*.
GMH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > You could not have picked a better metaphor! > > It's not exact. After all, the Monkees may have had > a bigger impact on the course of human history than > Maharishi did. They gave Jimi Hendrix his first US > tour, as their opening act. Until Jimi flipped them > off onstage and left the tour, that is. > > > One day, I may share the true story of The Monkees and > > the stolen limo, and Mutiny at the Bounty. But not right > > now. > > Your call. Sounds fascinating. Does it involve tawdry > incidents with groupies? Maharishi's tours did. > > :-) > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Sometimes, scanning the list of posts on FFL searching for one that I > > > find interesting enough to reply to, I find myself also searching for a > > > metaphor to explain the sense of incredulity I feel at the > > > same-old-same-old repetitiveness of it all. This morning I came up with > > > such a metaphor, and it made me laugh, so I'll pass it along. Consider > > > this my version of Bhairitu's "The Funny Farm Lounge" metaphor. :-) > > > > > > Reading FFL is like stumbling across a weird group of fanatical Monkees > > > fans. They get together in cyberspace and endlessly talk about the glory > > > days of Mickey, Davy, Peter and Michael as if they were gods. They argue > > > about which songs were most cosmically important, and the deep esoteric > > > meaning of their lyrics. When other musicians' names come up, the > > > Monkees fans get angry and feel that they have to put them down, because > > > however good these other musicians may be, after all they're not the > > > Monkees. Some are so fanatical and so enduringly loyal to the Monkees > > > that they think anyone who gets caught attending a concert by any other > > > musician should be banned from the Monkees Fan Club for life as the > > > heretics they are. But the most amazing part is that the fan club is > > > still going strong, still doing all of this every day, 40+ years after > > > the popularity of the group they revere jumped the shark. > > > > > > And all of this for a pop group that wasn't very good in the first > > > place. > > > > > >
