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Bees of the Invisible

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

Everywhere transience is plunging into the depths of Being… It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again, “invisibly,” inside us. We are the bees … Continue reading →

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On seeking love

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. – Rumi

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The cat-soul

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

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Beloved stars

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

Beloved stars, look down on me. I am a tiny speck in a tiny world. I am a poor atom full of love for you, full of faith in you. —George Sand

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God in man

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

Seek God in man, for as we seek him there, the more transparent the veil of flesh becomes and the more perfectly we learn to find him there. If we hold ourselves receptive to the life of spirit, we shall … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare on Life

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.” ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It (Happy birthday, old man)

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How art changes us

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

I began to understand art as a kind of black box the reader enters. He enters in one state of mind and exits in another. The writer gets no points just because what’s inside the box bears some linear resemblance … Continue reading →

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Why Kurt Vonnegut loved to buy envelopes

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get … Continue reading →

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Only connect…

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

…the graver sides of life, the deaths, the partings, the yearnings for love, have their deepest expressions in the heart of the fields. …It was the presence of sadness at all that surprised Margaret, and ended by giving her a … Continue reading →

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A tune before dying

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Kestrel Slocombe

While they were preparing the hemlock, Socrates was learning how to play a new tune on the flute. “What will be the use of that?” he was asked. “To know this tune before dying.”