Tag Archives: William Blake
Job in the Whirlwind at the End of his World
William Blake was a poet, painter, printmaker, mystic, and, I vouch, a protoenvironmentalist. His painting: Job Confessing his Presumption to God, who answers in a Whirlwind, represents the crisis of his life. Job had a great life with his large … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Book of Job, William Blake
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Yellowstone Opens the Doors of Perception
While I was sauntering through woods I mused how quickly the intensity of first impressions fade to extinction. How the frisson of a new place or a face we want to sustain with its original freshness never burns so brightly … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Nature
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Arrowleaf balsamroot, bear spray, Grizzly bear, T.S. Eliot The Wasteland, William Blake, Yellowstone National Park
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Autumn Leaves have Fallen
I remember leaves falling precipitously in Quebec during September when the sugar maples create a blazing mosaic of gold and ruby on forest floors. But the first snow blots over the colors as it quietly descends layer on layer with … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, garden, Seasons in Virginia
Tagged fall leaves, leaf mold, Quebec, William Blake
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 