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A review by laurasanblor
Upstream: Select Essays by Mary Oliver
4.0
Colección de ensayos de Anne Carson y su devoción al arte, a la naturaleza y a la humanidad. Reflexiones sobre las relaciones humanas, las relaciones con el entorno, las relaciones con un mundo que se mueve incontrolable. Es una oda a una vida que observa, respira y no necesita continuos cambios e innovaciones a su alrededor, que cuida de su soledad. Mary Oliver escribe precioso.
"Attention in the beginning of devotion."
"I did not think of language as the means to self-description. I thought of it as the door—a thousand opening doors!—past myself. I thought of it as the means to notice, to contemplate, to praise, and, thus, to come into power."
"For whatever reason, the heart cannot separate the world's appearance and actions from morality and valor, and the power of every idea is intensified, if not actually created, by its expression in substance. Over and over in the butterfly we see the idea of transcendence. In the forest we see not the inert but the aspiring. In water that departs forever and forever returns, we experience eternity."
"Attention in the beginning of devotion."
"I did not think of language as the means to self-description. I thought of it as the door—a thousand opening doors!—past myself. I thought of it as the means to notice, to contemplate, to praise, and, thus, to come into power."
"For whatever reason, the heart cannot separate the world's appearance and actions from morality and valor, and the power of every idea is intensified, if not actually created, by its expression in substance. Over and over in the butterfly we see the idea of transcendence. In the forest we see not the inert but the aspiring. In water that departs forever and forever returns, we experience eternity."