Brian’s Reflection: Saturday, October 13, 2007


Don't let that horse

Don't let that horse
eat that violin
cried Chagall's mother

But he
kept right on
painting
And became famous

And kept on painting
The Horse With Violin In Mouth
And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse

and rode away
waving the violin

And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across
And there were no strings
attached

Lawrence Ferlinghetti , who on this day
in 1998 became Poet Laureate of
San Francisco.


For your Saturday enjoyment and meditation! My thoughts? When it comes to living your Life, don’t listen to nay-saying “mothers”. See things the way you see them. I am the violin gripped in God’s mouth. She will bring me to the naked nude of pleasure - of heart, mind, spirit, body. Life has been given with no strings attached - and honouring all beauty repays the Gift.

Brian+