Friday, January 3, 2014

God Speaks to Each of Us (a poem from Rilke)

Incarnation (Stacy Wills, 2013)
acrylic on canvas + sacred altering

God Speaks to Each of Us

God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
then walks with us silently out of the night.

These are the words we dimly hear:

You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your longing.
Embody me.

Flare up like flame
and make big shadows I can move in.

Let everything happen to you:  beauty and terror.
Just keep going.  No feeling is final.
Don't let yourself lose me.

Nearby is the country they call life.
You will know it by its seriousness.

Give me your hand.

-Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

(Translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy)

5 comments:

  1. Donna, thank you so much for stopping by and for the kind words! Blessings to you this day!

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  2. This art piece left me breathless! AB FAB...absolutely fabulous! Aloha

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  3. Hula la, thank you so much for your kind words! So lovely to have you visit my blog. I do hope you'll come again. Blessings!

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  4. Oh my goodness, Stacy, I don't know how I missed this post!!! I love the image. Reminds me of an oil lamp, and you have even captured the flame! And of course I love the Rilke poem... Thanks for your comment today :) I've started doing mandalas again - finally. :) Blessings!

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