| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 12/06/04 at 06:01 PM Thought provoking work from both you and Ashok, Rula. It's like some great animal chasing its own tail, always in sight, but just beyond reach. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 12/07/04 at 02:40 AM I agree with Art and I too see the light...Charlie |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 12/07/04 at 01:38 PM the secret of the light is that it blinds us as much as we can see, no more no less, taking not from us that visionary that was not there, which leaves us, permits us to see with shadows of which we have been equipped in multitudes. and you dear Rula are equipped with the balance of the two, you teetertottering you. |
| Posted by JD Clay on 12/08/04 at 03:04 PM This is a marvelous interpretation, Rula. I especially like the shadowed effect you’ve given darkness in its relationship to the light.
My first impression on the drawing was the universal message of growing old while searching for the light externally, when in fact the light is actually glowing from within.
Pe4ce...
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| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 12/08/04 at 11:00 PM Rula, I love your poem. This is the kind of failure I long for - not to have the darkness and always be illuminated. And how true, wherever there is light, the darkness flees. |
| Posted by Ava Blu on 12/09/04 at 07:50 PM Yes, this poem is marvelous. The drawing is perfect as well. |
| Posted by Ashok Sharda on 12/12/04 at 11:38 PM ‘Seeking out the cries of shadows, I shall never find’ yes, not with this destination, this goal in mind and ‘lantern burning steadily at my side’. These last lines not only conveys the inter relationship of the shadows and the light but also conveys your very basic instinct of a meaningful survival. Negating the negation produces the light, this concept is so simple despite all its complexities in application. But then we are left with no other course then to seek the shadows with this burning lantern at our side. Yes, where there is light there’s no darkness.
You have so brilliantly uncovered this secret. I am happy that my drawing finds yet another dimension, yet another meaning in your beautiful words. Thanks.
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| Posted by Laura Doom on 10/05/05 at 08:09 PM I'm afraid (not) - shadows infer the presence of light, and I have seen shades...better to be blinded by the light, than blind to the light? We shall see :>
An absorbing journey - so far, and yet so near... |
| Posted by Christel Crews on 06/01/06 at 11:05 PM yes, we persevere and we must stay on course.. what beautiful pictures you've painted in my mind.. the struggle of darkness and light, shadows and journeys.. not to mention the incredible artwork above! you write well together (you and ashok)... beautiful |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 12/08/06 at 07:14 PM Wonderful depth of feeling, Rula. Congrats on potd! |
| Posted by Quinlan L Gibson on 12/08/06 at 09:42 PM A lovely and insightful poem Rula! Congrats on POTD. This is a wonderful choice.
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| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 12/09/06 at 03:35 AM Rula, CONGRATULATIONS on POTD! I love it more each time I read it.
~Chelle~ |
