"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

17 February 2013

Teach.

Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat and Necklace, 1917


If we were not so single-minded 
about keeping our lives moving 
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death
Perhaps the world can teach us
as when everything seems dead
but later proves to be alive.

- Pablo Neruda

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