tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post7123466142275154723..comments2023-04-02T07:07:00.422-07:00Comments on Where can one stand?: an absolutely transparent momenttom sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-88932687197549014912011-03-12T08:46:23.157-08:002011-03-12T08:46:23.157-08:00I just reread the quote after reading your reply a...I just reread the quote after reading your reply and now I see why you included this quote.<br />What we "think" of the present is the filter.<br />The transparency remains as it ever were filter or no filter.<br /><br />Thanks - SukiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-31265110096416467702011-03-12T07:45:45.253-08:002011-03-12T07:45:45.253-08:00Hi Suki, the Merwin quote is a bit out of place on...Hi Suki, the Merwin quote is a bit out of place on this blog - but I liked it. <br /><br />It seems to me that he was referring to how we tend to be subject to the momentum of our story and see things through the filter of its residues.<br /><br />BTW, most of the interview was about Merwin's own story, and these lines kind of leapt out.tom sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-24377654450902368982011-03-11T10:23:02.921-08:002011-03-11T10:23:02.921-08:00What past is he talking about? It is ever now.
Mem...What past is he talking about? It is ever now.<br />Memories of the past are freshly accessed or generated in the immediacy of now and they appear to give a context of linear time/space,the enfolded content or story within them.If I ask you about your 'past',you will tell me something that has never happened,because it is recreated presently or should I say created presently.<br />Look at any artifact or photo,they are appearances in the present,any associated history recalled is also freshly created memories supportive with contextual storyline.There is no such thing as a past or future and without those there is no present moment either.This is a very subtle point.Yet, the appearance or relative world appears to take place in time/space.Very much like a dream,no?<br /><br />Tom,feel free to elucidate or clarify further.<br />Thanks - SukiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-60899563303858662602010-07-09T09:40:22.114-07:002010-07-09T09:40:22.114-07:00Greetings NP, perhaps Merwin was trying to provoke...Greetings NP, perhaps Merwin was trying to provoke us into looking, for ourselves.tom sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-58230973575165736952010-07-09T09:27:51.719-07:002010-07-09T09:27:51.719-07:00Although I love the simple beauty of these words, ...Although I love the simple beauty of these words, I hate to think that only great saints grasp that moment, and then only occasionally.nothing profoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538561601096574876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-74316064496687149892010-07-04T21:18:35.587-07:002010-07-04T21:18:35.587-07:00Merwin is best known for his poetry. This quote co...Merwin is best known for his poetry. This quote comes from a radio interview which I posted on Facebook. The interviewer didn't pick up on it, but in spite of that, it's a good interview.tom sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-78572507364381525412010-07-04T20:11:03.281-07:002010-07-04T20:11:03.281-07:00Stunning quote, thanks Tom. I am not familiar wit...Stunning quote, thanks Tom. I am not familiar with W.S. Merwin and will have to look up.Colleen Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.com