I'm reading a biography of Emily Dickinson by Richard B. Sewall that has been sitting on my shelf for the last fifteen years. Her unto-herself-ness; her realization at a fairly early age that the way she would achieve her vocation as poet was to disengage, piece by piece,
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from social day-to-day; her wild calm wide-eyed woman-girlness that broke through in dewy-fresh words, born for her purpose; her refrain from glory-seeking, except in doing the work: all this inspires me greatly. Now her own words, and in this week's rite moving her, as she is moving me: "I was thinking today - as I noticed, that the 'Supernatural,' was only the Natural, disclosed - Not 'Revelelation' - 'tis -that waits, But our unfurnished eyes -" [#685] This week I use a composition by Stefan called "Dan's Garden" - in honor of Dan Potter, another fabulously talented New Englander whose birthday it is tomorrow. It is a whole week of feast days! If you would like to hear more of Stefan Jacobs' compositions, visit his podcast Earful.
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