Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry,_x000D_ Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam_x000D_ And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.
Interpretation
The quote celebrates the beauty and simplicity of everyday tasks, elevating them to art.
Richard Wilbur's quote highlights the transformative power of mundane activities, such as doing laundry, by portraying them as moments of joy and beauty. It suggests that even the most ordinary tasks can be filled with grace and can connect us to something divine when approached with mindfulness and appreciation.
In practice
In a speech about finding beauty in everyday life.
It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.
I would feel dead if I didn't have the ability periodically to put my world in order with a poem. I think to be inarticulate is a great suffering, and is especially so to anyone who has a certain knack for poetry.
Designers may be the true intellectuals of the future.
Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.
But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.
All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.
When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.
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