http://thefloatinglibrary.com/2010/01/02/lifting-my-eyes/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thefloatinglibrary.com/2010/01/02/lifting-my-eyes/#comment-818 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:51:00 +0000 http://thefloatinglibrary.com/?p=2488#comment-818 Paul — I’m glad to hear you appreciate the site. Coincidentally, transposing poems and quotes here somewhat reminds me of being unemployed, the summer after college graduation, when I too felt free and open and was uplifted by every book that crossed my path. It’s perhaps this floating memory which I am attempting to reflect and which informs the spirit of my Floating Library.

]]> http://thefloatinglibrary.com/2010/01/02/lifting-my-eyes/#comment-805 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:45:11 +0000 http://thefloatinglibrary.com/?p=2488#comment-805 i’ve always known that there was someone named rilke who wrote about the spiritual magic that floats through life , and who expressed this with profound lightness and without dogma or corneyness. i don’t kow anything about this poet, but you site permits me to gradually learn his thoughts in a simple manner. it reminds me of being unemployed for a summer in ’99 and spending my time reading Rumi in parks in toronto with coffee and cigarettes and not a care in the world. i felt uplifted and open without feeling fooled. thanks

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