Category: landscape

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“… the crux of the matter is journeys, exiles, escapes, and returns. Place is the driving force of the drama” (William Marx, The Tomb of Oedipus)

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… incarnation of another place.

… an idea of paradise, something that reconnects us with a landscape we have loved and which compensates us for our separation

…[scented bushes and trees] … through “innocent magic”, “perfume the adjacent places by their breaths”

The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith, via lithub.

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“close attention itself can be a kind of sustenance … systems of renewal” (RS)

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“… I’ve

plagiarized my life

to give you the best

of me & these words” (OV)

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“ghosts say funny things when they’re family

[…]

my best words came farthest from myself & it’s awesome” (OV)

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“write the letter dear you & it doesn’t work so you write the poem” (Ocean Vuong)

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“Today’s the day, I can taste it.

[..]

there ain’t nothing I can’t do

[…]

play the rest of the day

as it comes

(RD, Aubade East)

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“The danger and its necessity focused them, made them calm.” (Toni Morrison, Paradise)