Castles in the Air, Somewhere in the Muir Hills, 2009.
* to JL with love *
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment:
that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
He will put some things behind,
will pass an invisible boundary;
new, universal, and more liberal laws
will begin to establish themselves around and within him;
or the old laws be expanded,
and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense,
and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.
In proportion as he simplifies his life,
the laws of the universe will appear less complex,
and solitude will not be solitude,
nor poverty poverty,
nor weakness weakness.
If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost;
that is where it should be.
Now put the foundations under them.”
Walden, Thoreau, 1854.
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What dreams live in the castles of your imagination? Can you believe that they have the power to transform and transcend logic and reality?
BELIEVE ~
ps: I took the liberty of laying out the writings above as a poem. Just looks sublime! And doesn’t it feel incredible to connect with someone who lived in the 1800s?
Castles in the Air
March 15, 2009
Love Thoreau’s wisdom – a universa truth thats still pertinent more than 100 years later.
I so so love this…to me this makes sence in the deepest level… thank you
Lovely written as a poem – easier to take it in. Lovely thoughts…
oh alex – such a beauty….love the writing and the photo, dreamy!!!
xoxo
that photo is absolute perfection … sigh worthy :)
Beautiful image and Thoreau has always inspired me. xoxox
alex, this is just magic for me.
i’m reading it over and over.
This is so beautiful…thanks for sharing.
Perfect.
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