#eiseley

[noosphe-re]

No longer, as with the animal, can the world be accepted as given. It has to be perceived and consciously thought about, abstracted, and considered. The moment one does so, one is outside of the natural; objects are each one surrounded with an aura radiating meaning to man alone.

Loren Eiseley, The Unexpected Universe

[noosphe-re]

It is not sufficient any longer to listen at the end of a wire to the rustlings of a galaxy: it is not enough even to examine the great coil of DNA in which is coded the very alphabet of life. These are our extended perceptions. But beyond lies the great darkness of the ultimate Dreamer, who dreamed the light and the galaxies. Before act was, or substance existed, imagination grew in the dark. Man partakes of that ultimate wonder and creativeness. As we turn from the galaxies to the swarming cells of our own being, which toil for something, some entity beyond their grasp, let us remember man, the self-fabricator who came across an ice age to look into the mirrors and magic of science. Surely he did not come to see himself or his wild visage only. He came because he is at heart a listener and a searcher for some transcendent realm beyond himself.

Loren Eiseley, The Unexpected Universe

[noosphe-re]

Certainly science has moved forward. But when science progresses, it often opens vaster mysteries to our gaze.

Loren Eiseley

[noosphe-re]

Man is always marvelling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.

Loren Eiseley

[davidboles]

The Braided Prairie: Six Nebraskan Literary Voices on Land, Life, and Legacy

The American Great Plains have produced a literary tradition as vast and complex as the landscape itself. Nebraska, with its braided rivers and endless horizons, stands at the heart of this tradition, having shaped some of the nation’s most distinctive literary voices. From the rolling Sandhills to the fossil-rich badlands, from pioneer settlements to Native American territories, the state’s…

The Braided Prairie: Six Nebraskan Literary Voices on Land, Life, and Legacy

[artandlivingenergy]

“Above me the great crack seemed to lengthen. Perhaps there is no meaning in it at all, the thought went on inside me, save that of journey itself, so far as humans can see. It has altered with the chances of life, and the chances brought us here; but it was a good journey — long, perhaps — but a good journey under the sun,” Eiseley. #altered with the chances of life, everyone #sacred. Loren #Eiseley in his book #theimmensejourney, the cover says “an imaginative naturalist explores the mysteries of humans and nature”, I am glad he had his way of vision. A good #journey. The #visual #energy is from #looking at #nature, but they don’t look like what I look at. #abstractart, #botanicalgarden #riodejaneiro. #greentwilight. Sometimes we meet #special #people, it is really their way of seeing that you get to glimpse. Loving the #immaterial - sensing more than things and more than #objects. #divine #paths. #recognition of #souls. More, more, please. #presence and #moments and #communion = #connection. Something different every day. I see you. It’s the best offering. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YJTEMHqP6/?igshid=1wh5nl5j8etjj

[artandlivingenergy]

“Staring straight out at me, as I slid farther and deeper into the green twilight, was a skull embedded in the solid sandstone. I had come at just the proper moment when it was fully to be seen, the white bone gleaming there in a kind of ashen splendor, water worn, and about to be ground away in the next long torrent,” Eiseley. #ouropreto #brazil #oiloncanvas #travelpainting. We never know what we will find when we are searching. #eiseley is a great writer. Thank you #wernerherzog for your list of books to tackle to get close to great writing. I went to see him twice in Q and A at the #independentfilmcenter In #NYC. I spoke to him the second night saying I had been to the previous evening also, and he said he hoped it was interesting enough for me. He recognized my position as a #seeker. #openenergy #artists and #questions. #Investigating and #examining and #seeking, #journey in #perception and #perspective. #greentwilight #brilliance #experience #abstractart #contemporaryart #kindness and #thoughtfulness. We remember them. Feeling in the #bones. I studied #filmmaking too. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-k66JHR7T/?igshid=60alwlav5n8s

[noosphe-re]

We are rag dolls made out of many ages and skins, changelings who have slept in wood nests or hissed in the uncouth guise of waddling amphibians. We have played such roles for infinitely longer ages than we have been men. Our identity is a dream. We are process, not reality, for reality is an illusion of the daylight — the light of our particular day.

Loren Eiseley, The Star Thrower