Thursday, October 18, 2018

Be Inspiration

My Moon; My Sky

Be Inspiration
Every stick and leaf speaks:
I give you the sky. ~Marion

My clouds, my trees, my sky.

inspiration

noun

in·spi·ra·tion | \ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən, -(ˌ)spi-\

Definition of inspiration

1a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation

b: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions

c: the act of influencing or suggesting opinions

2: the act of drawing inspecifically : the drawing of air into the lungs

3a: the quality or state of being inspired

b: something that is inspireda scheme that was pure inspiration

4: an inspiring agent or influence

3 comments:

PhilipH said...: Oops, I think I've commented on an earlier post, in error. I love this one - especially the moon making a great silhouette of the tree branches in this post. Hope things are easing off for you today.; October 18, 2018 at 2:07 PM
Marion said...: Thank you, Philip! I appreciate your kind words muchly. My pain refuses to abate; my surgeon is an arsehole and my knee is farked up...some sort of painful scar tissue (who knows, not the surgeon?!?!) on my patella which only hurts when I walk, sit or stand...Other than that, I'm still the reigning Queen of the Swamp! Thanks for stopping by!! xo; October 18, 2018 at 3:15 PM
Kelly said...: Your sky is almost as lovely as mine! ;) Seriously, I was just admiring mine on my walk this morning, reflected in our pond in all its glory.

I empathize with your pain. While mine might not be the same as yours... it's chronic, it's undiagnosed, and it's REAL! (and it sounds crazy when I try to describe it to doctors or anyone else!); October 19, 2018 at 1:15 PM

I Love Lorrie Moore!!

“You’re not a poetess, I hope,” said the English geologist next to her. “We had a poetess here last month, and things got a bit dodgy here for the rest of us.”

“Really.” After the soup, there was risotto with squid ink.

“Yes. She kept referring to insects as ‘God’s typos’ and then she kept us all after dinner one evening so she could read from her poems, which seemed to consist primarily of the repeating line ‘the hairy kiwi of his balls.’”

From: “Birds of America” by Lorrie Moore, page 266, ‘Terrific Mother’

Miranda July's Best Book:

"Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it is worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise." From: "No One Belongs Here More Than You Stories by Miranda July", Page 11

A Dreamy, Drug of a Book

"The minute you land in New Orleans, something wet and dark leaps on you and starts humping you like a swamp dog in heat, and the only way to get that aspect of New Orleans off you is to eat it off. That means beignets and crayfish bisque and jambalaya, it means shrimp remoulade, pecan pie and red beans with rice, it means elegant pompano au papillote, funky file z'herbes, and raw oysters by the dozen, it means grillades for breakfast, a po' boy with chowchow at bedtime, and tubs of gumbo in between. It is not unusual for a visitor to the city to gain fifteen pounds in a week---yet the alternative is a whole lot worse. If you don't eat night and day, if you don't constantly funnel the indigenous flavors into your bloodstream, then the mystery beast will go right on humping you, and you will feel its sordid presence rubbing against you long after you have left town." ~Tom Robbins, "Jitterbug Perfume", page 240