Looking at the following photographs I had already taken before I had bought Dream Work and before I had the epiphany with the Buddha, it still feels to me as if Mary Oliver directed my photo shoot. (See part I of this blog.)
Dream work images taken around Mary Oliver's
beloved Blackwater Pond combined with excerpts
of her poems taken from her book Dream Work
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| Gnome living under moss beside Blackwater Pond CC Jean Stimmell: 4/28/14 |
Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except that
they have no tongues, could lecture
all day if they wanted about
spiritual practice?1
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| Hundred-legged tree at Blackwater Pond CC Jean Stimmell |
Something screamed
from the fringes of the swamp.
from the fringes of the swamp.
It was Banyon,
the old merchant.
It was the hundred-legged
tree, walking again2.
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| Walking around Blackwater Pond CC Jean Stimmell: 4/28/14 |
This dream is
About a small tree that becomes a huge tree
And wants to travel.
Listen, said the voice.
This is your dream.
I’m only stopping here for a little while.
Don’t be afraid.3
1 Excerpt from Oliver's poem, Landscape, from her book Dream Work
2 The beginning of Mary Oliver's poem, Banyon, from her book Dream Work
3 The end of Mary Oliver's poem, Banyon, from her book Dream Work
Thanks for the intro to Mary…..have been looking up, brilliant!! It's a while since i've had a wander around… so many great articles Jean, have lost track of time reading, heheh, it's been lovely to *see* you again :-)
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