Monday, 10 August 2009

The art best cultivated

is the art of waiting
for the art of being still

or for the strength of clay
that can resist the potter's will.

(Homage to Omar Khayyám)

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  1. WoflAugust 12, 2009

    For I remember stopping by the way
    To watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay:
    And with its all-obliterated Tongue
    It murmur'd -"Gently, Brother, gently, pray!"

    (from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, as translated by Edward Fitzgerald)

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