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Arts & Letters
Photography: In a Thousand Forms
A Spring Celebration of Iris, Mountain Larkspur, Calypso, Water Falls amd Fern and "baby Hummers"
By Michael Kemp
Posted on Apr 22, 2004 |
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In a Thousand Forms
You may hide yourself in a thousand forms.
Still, All beloved, I recognize you;
You may cover yourself in magic mists,
All-present, I can always tell that it is you.
I discover you as well, All-beautifully growing,
In the cypress's pure young surge.
In the stream's fresh, living rush,
All-enchanting, I know you well.
When rising jets of water unfurl,
All-playfull, how glad I am to see you;
When clouds form and transform themselves,
All-manifold, I discern you in them.
In the blossoming tapestry that covers the meadow,
I see your All-colorful, starry beauty;
When ivies reach their thousand arms around,
I meet you, All-embracing.
When morning lights the mountain range
I greet you there too, All-brightening,
Then as the sky grows round above me,
All-heart-expanding, it is you I inhale.
What, with outer and inner senses, I know,
I know only through you, All-teaching;
When I name Allah's hundred names,
A name, with each name, re-echoes for you.
All photos herein copyrighted © 2003 by Michael Kemp,
poem by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German 1749-1832
(translated by John White, from the book Art & Wonder, An Illustrated Anthology of Visionary Poetry, 1996 by The Metropolitan
Museum of Art )
Michael Kemp, artist, graphic artist is a semi-regular contributor to West by Northwest.org from day one. Visit his work:
Photography: The Wallowas' Breathless Beauty
Science and Ecology: Not for the Squeamish
Michael Kemp's Fantasy Art Gallery
... And more including the famous
Yurt, Sweet Yurt, one of the most popular articles ever published at West By Northwest.org.
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