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19 December, 2008 This month sees the publication of `Midnight and Other Poems` - the first major collection in English translation by the Palestinian poet, Mourid Barghouti. The very short poem `Silence` is a sample – “Silence said: truth needs no eloquence. After the death of the horseman, the homeward bound horse says everything without saying anything.” very Zen! Barghouti says that this poem expresses his dislike of rhetoric and eloquence – his love for simplicity and concrete language: “The beauty of a poem is to cool down the language, because the flamboyant, bombastic tone of language is for governments, generals and political parties. A poet has to do the opposite.” Guardian interview with Mourid Barghouti http://www.senscot.net/view_news.php?viewid=7740 Senscot will close from Tuesday 23rd Dec till Monday 5th Jan. Wishing all our readers peace and renewal among your friends and family - from all of us at Manor Place (in order of arrival), Laurence, Aidan, Colin, Varda, Victoria, Karina and Anna To receive this bulletin directly, you can sign up here: http://www.senscot.net/forms/bsubscribe.php - Read full bulletin 12 December, 2008 Reading a beautifully written book called `The Secret Scripture` by Sebastian Barry. A very old lady in an Irish psychiatric hospital looks back at her life. “I once lived among humankind and found them in their generality to be cruel and cold, and yet could mention three or four that were like angels. I suppose we measure the importance of our days by those few angels we spy among us …………” - Read full bulletin 05 December, 2008 Muhammad Yunus – speaking in Glasgow on 1st December 2008. ‘‘From working with the poor I have learned the unlimited potential in each human being. But I have also learnt unfortunately, that we have not created a society with allows us to unleash that potential. If we place a perfect seed from a great tree into a tiny pot it will make a Bonsai Tree – a tiny replica of its potential. That’s what the poor are – stunted Bonsai people. Give the poor the same opportunities you had, and watch the miracle unfold.’’ - Read full bulletin 28 November, 2008 I like this quote in Maureen Lipman’s current book ‘Past-it Notes’. She attributes it to Martha Graham, the American choreographer. ‘‘There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you, keep the channel open.’’ - Read full bulletin 21 November, 2008 I’ve been sober now for 7 years – grateful for it – but I still miss alcohol in the evenings – the letting go of stress – the glow of optimism. This quote from Graham Greene in later life (which is new to me) puts it beautifully. ‘‘After the right number of drinks with a snack meal and alone – perhaps two bottles of Carlsberg and three Swedish akvavit and a tin of sardines – I believe that I can carry on, an idea may come, perhaps the last book has not been written… but tomorrow morning… the euphoria will have left me’’. - Read full bulletin See all previous bulletin end bits here |
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