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And it seems to me that it’s the work of poets and artists
to know what the world-image of today is, and to render it as the old seers did
theirs. The prophets rendered it as a manifestation of the transcendent
principle. That’s what we lack today, really. I think poets and artists who
speak of the mystery are rare. There’s been so much social criticism of our
arts, which is just one facet. But the other function of the poet – that of
opening the mystery dimension – has been, with few great exceptions, forgotten.
I think that what we lack, really, isn’t science but poetry that reveals what
the heart is ready to recognize.
--Joseph Campbell, from An Open Life
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Winter Sunrise
Heavy Weather on Hwy. 1
Elements
Pale Elfin Saddle
Bobcat Over Bolinas
Black-and-White Cat
Alpine Lake
Open Secret Falls
Coyote Gait
Nurse Log
January 2004 (top) and 2012
Candy Caps
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