origami, math, and poetry
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dragonyphoenixLast night I watched a documentary on scientists who create origami and even use it in subjects like math and physics. It was fascinating and they looked like an interesting group to talk to. Today, as I was reading Mary Oliver's poetry, Clapp's Pond reminded me of the documentary, espcially one piece that can be pushed down into an almost two-dimensional flower or raised up into a 3D tower.
Mary Oliver - Clapp's Pond
Three miles through the woods
Clapp's Pond sprawls stone gray
among oaks and pines,
the late winter fields
where a pheasant blazes up
lifting his yellow legs
under bronze feathers, opening
bronze wings;
and one doe, dimpling the ground as she touches
its dampness sharply, flares
out of the brush and gallops away.
*
By evening: rain.
It pours down from the black clouds,
lashes over the roof. The last
acorns spray over the porch; I toss
one, then two more
logs on the fire.
*
How sometimes everything
closes up, a painted fan, landscapes and moments
flowing together until the sense of distance - - -
say, between Clapp's Pond and me - - -
vanishes, edges slide together
like the feathers of a wing, everything
touches everything.
*
Later, lying half-asleep under
the blankets, I watch
while the doe, glittering with rain, steps
under the wet slabs of the pines, stretches
her long neck down to drink
*
from the pond
three miles away.
Mary Oliver - Clapp's Pond
Three miles through the woods
Clapp's Pond sprawls stone gray
among oaks and pines,
the late winter fields
where a pheasant blazes up
lifting his yellow legs
under bronze feathers, opening
bronze wings;
and one doe, dimpling the ground as she touches
its dampness sharply, flares
out of the brush and gallops away.
*
By evening: rain.
It pours down from the black clouds,
lashes over the roof. The last
acorns spray over the porch; I toss
one, then two more
logs on the fire.
*
How sometimes everything
closes up, a painted fan, landscapes and moments
flowing together until the sense of distance - - -
say, between Clapp's Pond and me - - -
vanishes, edges slide together
like the feathers of a wing, everything
touches everything.
*
Later, lying half-asleep under
the blankets, I watch
while the doe, glittering with rain, steps
under the wet slabs of the pines, stretches
her long neck down to drink
*
from the pond
three miles away.
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In return...
Date: 2011-01-30 10:45 pm (UTC)In Almond Trees Lemon Trees
by
Leonard Cohen
In almond trees lemon trees
wind and sun do as they please
Butterflies and laundry flutter
My love her hair is blond as butter
Wasps with yellow whiskers wait
for food beside her china plate
Ants beside her little feet
are there to share what she will eat
Who chopped down the bells that say
the world is born again today
We will feed you all my dears
this morning or in later years
Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
Ray.
Re: In return...
Date: 2011-01-31 12:09 am (UTC)I recall Leonard Cohen from college (waaaay long ago) as a musician. I did a stint at the radio station, mostly getting into it because a friend was, and they had at least one of his albums. Something about a blue raincoat?
Oh, and I've been wondering who that is on your icon.
Re: In return...
Date: 2011-01-31 06:54 am (UTC)*pauses for breath :-)*
Anyway she seemed like a total geek; I'm a total geek, and besides Meera Syal is gorgeous!
Was going to make a post with a poem a willtara fan wrote, way back when, but the the interweb thing-y started getting cranky on me :-(
Would love to exchange words about the W/K fic, btw. Honest criticism from yourself would be most valued.
Stll under Willow & Tara's spell,
Ray.
This icon, btw? Another favourite character from the new Doctor Who.
Re: In return...
Date: 2011-02-01 03:28 am (UTC)We can try chatting, but my computer is really slow, like molasses is slow. I'll be amazed and impressed if it works for me. If you don't mind something slower, you can go to my profile and send a private message. Or send me the story and I'll give it a beta review, although at one point you mentioned story structure. That's not something I've given a lot of thought to; I'm actually wondering where I could read up on it. And sorry if I sound depracating; I'm still surprised people would want my comments on stuff!
I replied with the Spander coffin icon because I just posted Spander and it's a new icon, that I love!