"We should not expect to drink immense swallows of knowledge but just go out with our eyes and soul open. Clamber, clamber. One does not always plant one's feet daintily when one is covering rough ground." Emily Carr 'Hundreds and Thousands" pg 135
Posted by kerismith at March 03, 2004 01:39 PMsomeone else who goes out with his eyes open:
http://www.trashlog.org/
go through his archives, they're good.
I am actually reading The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland now. Emily Carr was an amazing woman.
Posted by: Lori on March 4, 2004 10:34 AMthis reminds me of home..as I grew up on the west coast where Emily Carr spent many years living and painting. I've even been to her house (now an historical site) in Victoria. Quite a remarkable woman and artist.
thanks!
Posted by: sarahj on March 4, 2004 09:15 AMStumbling through the dark.
Clambering, Falling, Skinning Our Knees, Getting Back Up.
Repeat.
All together now.
Posted by: Donavan on March 4, 2004 02:00 AMmaking noise in the sacred church of Life . . . amen to that :)
Posted by: Katherine on March 3, 2004 10:07 PMThat's so true, but so hard to actually follow through with. Beautiful quote.
Posted by: Jasmine on March 3, 2004 02:51 PM