The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
Anais NinRead
I sleep with my feet on moss carpets, my branches in the cotton of the clouds.
Interpretation
This quote reflects a deep connection with nature and the beauty of a serene environment.
Anais Nin's quote evokes imagery of a harmonious relationship with nature, where one feels completely at peace and integrated into the natural world. The 'moss carpets' and 'cotton of the clouds' suggest a soft, comforting experience that highlights the beauty and tranquility found in nature, indicating a sense of belonging and comfort when surrounded by these natural elements.
In practice
During a nature retreat, I shared this quote to emphasize our connection to the earth.
The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
Anxiety is love's greatest killer, because it is like the stranglehold of the drowning.
We celebrate peace. Yet we pay no attention to the ways of curing aggression in human beings. And when one sees in psychoanalysis hostility disappearing as people conquer their fears, one wonders if the cure is not there.
The impetus to grow and live intensely is so powerful in me I cannot resist it. I will work, I will love my husband, but I will fulfill myself.
We have been poisoned by fairy tales.
But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my descent into a sensuality which was as dark, as magnificent, as wild, as my moments of mystic creation have been dazzling, ecstatic, exalted.
I like to think_x000D_ (it has to be!)_x000D_ of a cybernetic ecology_x000D_ where we are free of our labors_x000D_ and joined back to nature,_x000D_ returned to our mammal_x000D_ brothers and sisters,_x000D_ and all watched over_x000D_ by machines of loving grace.
If we are bold in our thinking, courageous in accepting new ideas, and willing to work with instead of against our land, we shall find in conservation farming an avenue to the greatest food production the world has ever known - not only for the war, but for the peace that is to follow.
There are no accidents, only nature throwing her weight around. Even the bomb merely releases energy that nature has put there. Nuclear war would be just a spark in the grandeur of space. Nor can radiation alter nature: she will absorb it all. After the bomb, nature will pick up the cards we have spilled, shuffle them, and begin her game again.
As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.
What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.
From Nature's chain whatever link you strike,_x000D_ Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike.
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