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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

William Wordsworth

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14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2015

14 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

Andrew MacLaren-Scott says:

August 9, 2015 at 11:10 pm

Or with a camera, or just with an eye… (I can’t really make sense of the quote).
- CherryPie says:
  
  August 9, 2015 at 11:19 pm
  
  If we sit and reflect on nature it provides harmony which leads to joy…
  - Andrew MacLaren-Scott says:
    
    August 9, 2015 at 11:43 pm
    
    But the words imply the eye is made quiet by the harmony and the joy, not that the joy is the consequence, as you suggest… I am all mixed up about the sequence of causation in the words (but I am mixed up about most things). I can sort of get what is sort of implied, but dare I suggest that someone good with words could have said it better? I have no respect for reputation, eh? (I will shut up now, but I enjoy thinking about these thoughts).
    - JD says:
      
      August 10, 2015 at 12:24 am
      
      Andrew: Read Plato’s Timaeus.46 about eyes and mirrors
      That should confuse you even further
      Both Plato and Wordsworth are pointing poetically to the same thing.
      - CherryPie says:
        
        August 10, 2015 at 12:28 am
      - Andrew MacLaren-Scott says:
        
        August 10, 2015 at 12:31 am
        
        I am confused enough thanks
....peter:) says:

August 10, 2015 at 4:10 am

it’s a wonderful thought for the week Cherie… but an even better image of the angel wings in the clouds….peter:)
- CherryPie says:
  
  August 10, 2015 at 9:29 pm
  
  I hadn’t seen that until you mentioned it. Thank you
Ginnie says:

August 10, 2015 at 7:28 am

The skies above and the oceans below…the frontiers are still before us, Cherry, no matter how confusing it all may seem!
- CherryPie says:
  
  August 10, 2015 at 9:30 pm
  
  We just have to master them
Chrysalis says:

August 11, 2015 at 3:56 pm

Well, I’m late to this party, as usual – but may I just say that though I think I get the quote, I am tempted to replace the word “eye” for “mouth”, in my personal case
- CherryPie says:
  
  August 11, 2015 at 10:35 pm
  
  If I understand this quote properly the truth is within the eye.
London Caller says:

August 12, 2015 at 8:44 am

Look at those cirrus clouds.
- CherryPie says:
  
  August 12, 2015 at 10:06 pm
  
  They were very pretty