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...
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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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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...
Invitation to Loiter
“I sit on my favourite rock, looking over the brook, to take time away from busy-ness, time to be. I’ve long since stopped feeling guilty...
The Close and Holy Darkness
"We are bathed in mystery…That will always be our destiny. The universe will always be much richer than our ability to understand it.”...
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...
Those lavender skies ...
Yesterday evening, in my part of New England, you might have seen it: the sky was awash in cool watercolors, layer upon layer, building...
"On level with ordinary experience"
"One wanted, she thought, dipping her brush deliberately, to be on level with ordinary experience, to feel simply that's a chair, that's...
"Earth's crammed with heaven"
"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round it and...
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