Sven Berlin would often write down inspirational little notes to himself, usually informed by his reading of poetry and philosophy. Following on from our photograph of the carving of the kingfisher, I uncovered this reference ...
... a call to live in the present, putting past and future aside, from T S Eliot’s Four Quartets: Burnt Norton.
“…After the kingfisher’s wing
Has answered light to light, and is silent, the light is still
At the still point of the turning world.”
the reverse has another equally pertinent quote, also from the Quartets …
“The dancers are all gone under the hill.” (from East Coker)
So often I am, as a result of Sven’s notes, encouraged to raid my bookshelves and read the whole - I hope it does the same for you.
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