tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post8992120899200954451..comments2023-05-21T13:48:40.461+02:00Comments on The Alchemist's Pillow: Rumi antz for ruminants ...Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-56720895229771346072010-06-12T01:48:19.567+02:002010-06-12T01:48:19.567+02:00my life had become too Woody, so I decided to incl...my life had become too Woody, so I decided to include more Rumi.<br /><br />and once I did, I never missed Woody, not for a minute.Everyday Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486528297252417282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-76430063878082680922010-06-11T20:09:42.707+02:002010-06-11T20:09:42.707+02:00I loved this post! As I watch my daughter tilt at ...I loved this post! As I watch my daughter tilt at windmills (almost literally - she's 7 months now and "cruising" as they call it here), I'm glad that most of us grow a Sancho Panza/Woody on our shoulders. But definitely important to keep Don Quijote/Rumi alive!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197591307149394913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-39419979024161518382010-06-10T20:00:50.279+02:002010-06-10T20:00:50.279+02:00i have read Rumi, he tests my ability to think wit...i have read Rumi, he tests my ability to think within myself. i have however discovered, that when i think to deeply, nothing good emerges. but with Rumi, i have taught myself to glide over his words, like an ice skater. he is very enjoyable that way as well.<br /><br />i really enjoyed this post, thank you for sharing.Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173809658342411265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-68905515238292522352010-06-10T12:51:02.348+02:002010-06-10T12:51:02.348+02:00Hello and thanks to all you kind and appreciated c...Hello and thanks to all you kind and appreciated commenters. I have tried to reply to all comments individually via gmail. For some reason, this can be done with some comments and not with others; I assume it depends on whether the commenter has a google account and/or how it is configured. Whatever, a few thoughts in reply to the comments seen here:<br /><br /><b>Brian</b>: I am sure that many others will find it as heartening as I do to hear that you did not pay much attention to poetry until recently, as your poetry is consistently rewarding and stimulating to read.<br /><br /><b>Deb</b>: You wonder why so much time has gone by before your realized how much beauty is out there, a question a lot of us ask ourselves. Today's post on Solitary Walker's blog (http://solitary-walker.blogspot.com/) has a nice quote on this from Picasso: "It takes a long tome to become young".<br /><br /><b>Ruth</b>: I had not heard about the new Don Quijote film with Robert Duvall (remember him as Boo Radley in 'To Kill a Mockingbird"?). I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Out of the many film versions done so far, I do not believe any have been wholly up to the challenge.<br /><br /><b>Andrea</b> (of parisdreamtime): Your painting of that sculptures in that fountain is a real delight.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-64820582766053118982010-06-09T23:04:59.560+02:002010-06-09T23:04:59.560+02:00Hi Lorenzo, thanks for introducing me to Rumi and ...Hi Lorenzo, thanks for introducing me to Rumi and to your musings, words and pictures are good together and soothing, in this crazy world.<br /><br /> Thanks also for your comment on my "mecanical fountain" painting, it's great that you know that fountain with it's sculptures!<br /><br />Have a good day, <br />greetings from Paris<br />AndreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-47800234845421812302010-06-09T15:33:34.114+02:002010-06-09T15:33:34.114+02:00Well, I have always heard of Rumi, but I really ha...Well, I have always heard of Rumi, but I really haven't read these, so thanks to both you and Steven for such a beautiful introduction. Beautiful! Rumi and Woody are two I would not have connected, so that brings a smile to this face.A Brush with Colorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638723986208929476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-38553350328098526732010-06-09T13:28:13.171+02:002010-06-09T13:28:13.171+02:00As a lover of Sufi poetry and Rumi I just can grea...As a lover of Sufi poetry and Rumi I just can great this post,wonderful!And thanks for that lovely vision of Don Quixote and Sancho together with Woody and Rumi,smiling right now! Thank you!Alekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514059217994184072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-45575063859199732172010-06-09T12:55:51.902+02:002010-06-09T12:55:51.902+02:00superb post lorenzo. thanks for the mention althou...superb post lorenzo. thanks for the mention although i've no doubt that rumi's poetry and that of other sufi writers would eventually make its way into your experience regardless!! have a peaceful day. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-83745002158591203672010-06-09T00:53:22.342+02:002010-06-09T00:53:22.342+02:00I'm glad to visit Steven's golden fish and...I'm glad to visit Steven's golden fish and find another poet of the likes of you and Terresa, all of you different and enriching me with new eyesight. <i>Let the beauty we love be . . .</i> what we find in special blogs!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-38311503724888390472010-06-09T00:23:02.620+02:002010-06-09T00:23:02.620+02:00Ruth sent me here.
What a lovely blog you have.
Ed...Ruth sent me here.<br />What a lovely blog you have.<br />Edward and I will be back!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-30578599868495402212010-06-08T22:54:57.041+02:002010-06-08T22:54:57.041+02:00I smile at your choice of guides. That is some tea...I smile at your choice of guides. That is some team you have accompanying you on your journey. I would love to read a Rumi poem written in Woody style.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-86123993843408661182010-06-08T19:42:06.062+02:002010-06-08T19:42:06.062+02:00I am familiar with Rumi, but not the other two lov...I am familiar with Rumi, but not the other two lovely blogs, which make for good exploring. So, off to follow a bit of bliss..thanks as always for an interesting post<br /><br />(desti is my word verification today, could it be destiny?)Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615345242334094697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-46749859364412095312010-06-08T18:38:54.086+02:002010-06-08T18:38:54.086+02:00Rumi is everywhere I look. I've recently beco...Rumi is everywhere I look. I've recently become a fan of Tumblr, where Rumi is quoted and "tumbled" through other people requoting & reposting, quite often.<br /><br />Love the one about friendship & ants. Lugging is lighter when it is shared.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-85279813186913686982010-06-08T14:22:01.878+02:002010-06-08T14:22:01.878+02:00Another BTW, Lorenzo, I think you will get a kick ...Another BTW, Lorenzo, I think you will get a kick out of tomorrow's reading (June 9), which I've just typed up, in light of what you've written in your post. :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-89131837409380967562010-06-08T14:05:08.766+02:002010-06-08T14:05:08.766+02:00The image of Rumi and Woody perched, like angel an...The image of Rumi and Woody perched, like angel and devil, or two parakeets, seems just right for you, after reading your posts for just a short time now, but feeling the depths and the smiles in wedded bliss. And I really liked how you got in this post to following yours - bliss that is. Big smile. I get Woody-ish pleasure from knowing you didn't know something that I knew before you. One of the supreme values of your blog for me is education. So, this previous knowledge gives me a little satisfaction. :)<br /><br />From what I've read and heard Barks say shows that he, like you, has an imp on one shoulder, and I think that is necessary - or at least important - to channeling the depths the way spirituality is best conceived, through the question: "What is it to be a true human being?" (Barks' words in the introduction of The Soul of Rumi, another volume he translated). As Kathryn Hulme wrote in her book about her time with G.I. Gurdjieff, <i>Undiscovered Country</i>, ". . . I have not yet met all the strangers who inhabit me." I like that we hear you, Lorenzo, in seriousness and in fun!<br /><br />Thank you for this most excellent post that points an admirable finger toward RUMI DAYS. It's a luxury to type up Rumi every day, and it makes me super glad that you and others read him after these hundreds of years.<br /><br />BTW, did you hear that Robert Duvall has been approached to play Don Cuijote in a film?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-22346655097639695032010-06-08T13:48:17.663+02:002010-06-08T13:48:17.663+02:00An inspiring post Lorenzo. Isn't it delightfu...An inspiring post Lorenzo. Isn't it delightful that some treasures hold back in order to surprise us later in our journey? Love the image of you with Rumi on one shoulder and Woody on the other.<br /><br />Loved your words - "Mystics may light my way, but the shadow I cast will inevitably be that of the clown. So be it. Maybe they are not all that incompatible." I am always skeptical about anyone on the mystic path who does not have a sense of humour.<br /><br />Now you have me imagining Rumi and Woody Allen in a conversation together ... (thanks - I'm smiling!)Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-15667826937008441382010-06-08T13:23:16.878+02:002010-06-08T13:23:16.878+02:00thank you for sharing this bit of your heart and s...thank you for sharing this bit of your heart and soul with us , Lorenzo.<br />Ruth is inspiring on so many levels.<br /><br />Rumi is , well, no words. Sometimes these things in life leave me stunned.<br /><br />I wonder sometimes how I survived for so many years without so much of the beauty that was out there, here, everywhere apparently. Or maybe that was just it, I survived. And now perhaps I am living.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-82218358845943004412010-06-08T13:09:31.525+02:002010-06-08T13:09:31.525+02:00A wonderfully written post, Lorenzo. I follow Ste...A wonderfully written post, Lorenzo. I follow Steven's blog and will now check out Ruth's. I too love the image of that ludicrously happy ant and doesn't the fact that he can't lug that oversized grain out of the granary testament to our shadow side. <br /><br />Thanks for the great rumi quotes.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-29416140641685219052010-06-08T12:43:13.275+02:002010-06-08T12:43:13.275+02:00checkers...i may actually stand a chance...smiles....checkers...i may actually stand a chance...smiles.<br /><br />i have recently found rumi as well in the last year...honestly prior to a year ago i paid little mind to poetry in general. my eyes have been opened.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com