a notebook that i began one summer in ysleta, tejas, ept. it continues east, following the course of el río grande~bravo to El Valle and into the gulf of méxico...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
"I would not think to touch the sky with two arms"
by Sappho, translated by Anne Carson from If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
"If only I could see a landscape as it is when I am not there. But when I am in any place I disturb the silence of heaven by the beating of my heart." - by Simone Weil in Anne Carson's Decreaion "How Women...tell God"
Hi Emmy,this is Renee (your former student) from El Paso Tejas; I came across your blog in fortuitous manner. I hope I didn't invade...
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"If only I could see a landscape as it is when I am not there. But when I am in any place I disturb the silence of heaven by the beating of my heart."
- by Simone Weil in Anne Carson's Decreaion "How Women...tell God"
Hi Emmy,this is Renee (your former student) from El Paso Tejas; I came across your blog in fortuitous manner. I hope I didn't invade...
hi renee,
thanks for sending this quote. it certainly captures so much that i identify with.
thank you, and hope you're doing well.
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