... I myself, I require a more direct revelation,
not one that must come through so many minds
before it reaches mine.
not one that must come through so many minds
before it reaches mine.
I must have faith that I can see and hear,
that I can feel without thinking, or even trying to put into words.
It's not for anyone else, it's personal...
that I can feel without thinking, or even trying to put into words.
It's not for anyone else, it's personal...
The interval of solitude is precious.
It is a different world and I am a different self.
I feel relieved of a responsibility that cannot be defined.
I am released from pressure, my mind is free.
It is a different world and I am a different self.
I feel relieved of a responsibility that cannot be defined.
I am released from pressure, my mind is free.
Yet, would I not feel a lack of balance if I lived alone all the time?
Harlan Hubbard
1900-1988
from his journal, 1959
1900-1988
from his journal, 1959
Harlan Hubbard was an American painter, writer and poet
who lived a very simple life riding the Missouri and Ohio
Rivers with his wife Anna in a shantyboat, eventually
settling down in Kentucky.
who lived a very simple life riding the Missouri and Ohio
Rivers with his wife Anna in a shantyboat, eventually
settling down in Kentucky.
With thanks to The Beauty We Love
~
When you find that your long cherished beliefs
do not agree with your direct experience,
trust your experience. Prefer the truth of your
experience to your dearest delusions...
do not agree with your direct experience,
trust your experience. Prefer the truth of your
experience to your dearest delusions...
Mystic Meandering
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Photo - Mystic Meandering
Harlan Hubbard said quite beautifully many wise concepts which have been written and studied, but are also available through direct experience. I'll have to check out his paintings now.
ReplyDeleteAnd he may have been considered "eccentric" for the way he lived, removed from the conveniences of society - as was Thoreau... :)
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