Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching >From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them" But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers >From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJY2HvW3Bw --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > "In the air of newness of that element, > In an air of freshness, clearness, greenness, blueness, > That which is always beginning because it is part > Of that which is always beginning, again and again." > -Wallace Stevens > > No malady of the quotidian here Robin, nor is my soul finding me a bore. > Besides, if either was true, it would be up to me to recognize that on my > own, wouldn't it? As Stevens refers to in the above with a hopeful outlook, > it's a new beginning each and every time. And the adjustments that come that > only *I* can experience and know. > > I posted this clip from The Joy Luck Club earlier, I think as my first > contribution to Wunnerful Wednesday. If you'll watch it to the end, perhaps > you'll understand my perspective more fully, especially the part about > "cannot learn, must be born this way": > > http://youtu.be/gjpgeCKL2hg > > May your holidays be joyous Robin! What are your plans? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> wrote: > > > > There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. > > > > Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just > > might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. > > > > It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is > > way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than > > yourself. > > > > You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always > > deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a > > self-discovery. > > > > Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there > > you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of > > being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously > > predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. > > > > The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. > > > > I knew you would enjoy this. > > > > And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a > > rejoinder, mount some counterattack. > > > > Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your > > experience of yourself and reality. > > > > Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by > > trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to > > be. > > > > My life is just very dull. > > > > Forgive me. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > One additional response inserted below: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. > > > > > > > > > > > > Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; > > > > > IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh > > > > > glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we > > > > > both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she > > > > > only called me "stupid" (less favorable) but spelled it > > > > > correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added > > > > > the adverb "really" (less favorable), again spelled correctly > > > > > (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less > > > > > favorable). > > > > > > > > Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the "you" > > > > in "you're" above referred to feste rather than you. It > > > > did not. > > > > > > > > > This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work > > > > > yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the > > > > > use of the "advanced search" function on FFL. Below are > > > > > some of my findings: > > > > > > > > Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to > > > > compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a > > > > function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a > > > > question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read > > > > the examples you cited. > > > > > > > > In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, > > > > it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. > > > > Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the > > > > adjective "STOOOOOOOOOPID" lightly. > > > > > > That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us > > > approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? > > > *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? > > > Lighten up Judy! > > > > > <snip> >
