I’m not a big poetry reader, ordinarily. But Pablo Neruda’s words arrest me. I’m not going to try adding anything new or insightful about his work here. Instead, I’ll just share one of my favorites, “Tu Risa” (”Your Laughter”). The last stanza is my favorite:
Here’s my recap of my time in the “12 Days of Christmas” show I invited you to earlier. Its Sunday night and the show is finally done. I loved this. Being a part of the show… learning each little bit of dancing… choreography… acting. I loved getting to know the kids and the parents and yes: I even [...]
“the interpretation of a thing can kill the experience of it” It’s something my pastor said a while ago when preaching on some poetry from the Bible (Genesis 1), and it resonated with me on a number of levels. True both of the text and other experiences in life: art of all kinds - [...]