A Wilderness of Sweets
“Our garden is now a wilderness of sweets. The violets, sweet briar, and primroses perfume the air, and the thrushes are full of melody...
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The Blue Flower
Literature, Nature, Transcendence
The Blue Flower
Literature, Nature, Transcendence
Welcome to The Blue Flower! The Blue Flower is a passion project of contemplative writing, an inspirational blog where I reflect on and synthesize observations, ideas, and experiences that heighten awareness, quicken the imagination, and fuel spiritual curiosity. The blue flower is a literary symbol, originating with German Romanticism, that represents a longing for beauty and the transcendent. You can learn more about the significance of the blue flower as a symbol in my "About" section.
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On Listening and Silence
“Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God…let your words be few.” ~Ecclesiastes 5:2, ...
And Every Breath We Drew Was "Hallelujah"
I watched the dawn come, Watched the spring dawn come. And the red sun shouldered his way up Through the grey, through the blue, Through...
Nature's Secret
“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson No one likes to wait. I have had a lot of experience with...
When Were You Displaced?
“What is your ancestral story and where was it in your line that you got displaced from living close to the land?” ~Ella Noah Bancroft...
Marking Spring's Return
“Only a week ago, we woke to find the surrounding fields pale with frost and the edge of every leaf picked out in white. Today is one of...
The Unfolding of a Year
”I shall there unfold and take out whatever it is I have made here; something hard. For something has grown in me here, through the...
The Importance of Ritual and Tradition
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”...
What the White Man Sees
“We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who...
Less and Less
“The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.” ~Annie Dillard I...
Beauty and Bread
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and...
The Meditative Power of Gardens
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour."...
So We Rush On... On Nature and Striving
A year or so ago, I came across V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) letter of apology to the earth, “Dear Mother,” and I felt a catch in my throat...
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