Saturday, October 17, 2009

QUOTE (POEM) FOR TODAY

Here's a small poem I always dug:

"DIFFICULTY ALONG THE WAY

Seeking Perfect Total Enlightenment
is looking for a flashlight
when all you need the flashlight for
is to find your flashlight"

—Lew Welch
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5 comments:

  1. Robert G. ZuckermanOctober 17, 2009 at 11:56:00 AM EDT

    that's like when Ikkyu talks about so many people walking on the street - they know, but don't know that they know ;-)

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  2. tomOctober 17, 2009 at 1:05:00 PM EDT

    good poem to start the afternoon.

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  3. Ed BakerOctober 17, 2009 at 5:42:00 PM EDT

    I found
    flash-light
    in
    the last place
    I looked


    Lew always did take one extra unnecessary step

    especially with the [...]

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  4. AnonymousOctober 18, 2009 at 7:48:00 PM EDT

    I'm in favor of Imperfect Partial Enlightenment. It doesn't hurt as much as the other kind.
    ---TPW

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  5. Harryn StudiosOctober 19, 2009 at 9:47:00 AM EDT

    what about batteries ...

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