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Vanuit Die Restory - Gesprekke Tussen Reisgenote (127)

 

Meer Oor George

As ek meer van myself wil vertel, is die heel beste dalk om net aan die begin "Ek lief..." te sê en dan net dinge te lys waarvoor ek lief is.

So: Ek lief.......


....Tafelkop. Die groot wêreld waarvan ek deel is, stilte en om te loop.




Die Gesprek

...tyd saam met my M. Waar ons groot stukke gesels, en lag, of net vir lang rukke stil is.




Elemente Uit Die Gesprek

....ons kleindogter, Ariana. Wat baie lief is vir boeke en aanhoudend vra: "Oupa, vertel vir my 'n silly storie!"




....boeke. En honde. En katte. En tee.




....'n goeie gesprek. Beeldhouwerk en houtwerk. Om te skryf.



....gedigte. Al hoe meer. Basies onmoontlik om 'n enkele een te kies, maar op my verjaardag, hierdie een van Billy Collins. Dit praat oor goed waaraan 'n mens dink op 60.


Design

I pour a coating of salt on the table
and make a circle in it with my finger.
This is the cycle of life
I say to no one.
This is the wheel of fortune,
the Arctic Circle.
This is the ring of Kerry
and the white rose of Tralee
I say to the ghosts of my family,
the dead fathers,
the aunt who drowned,
my unborn brothers and sisters,
my unborn children.
This is the sun with its glittering spokes
and the bitter moon.
This is the absolute circle of geometry
I say to the crack in the wall,
to the birds who cross the window.
This is the wheel I just invented
to roll through the rest of my life
I say
touching my finger to my tongue.

Billy Collins                                             


Musiek

.....alle musiek, maar veral Jazz. Die kreatiewe, onvoorspelbaarheid daarvan. Dat dit nie van stilte terugdeins nie en al die tyd in die wêreld vat om te sê wat dit wil sê.




....die kontemplatiewe spiritualiteit wat my aanhoudend in al die elemente van die doodgewone lewe invleg en my sensitief maak om God in alles te beleef en te herken.


When I Returned From Rome 

bird took flight. 
And a flower in a field whistled at me 
as I passed. 

I drank 
from a stream of clear water. 
And at night the sky untied her hair and I fell asleep 
clutching a tress 
of God’s. 

When I returned from Rome, all said, 
“Tell us the great news,” 

and with great excitement I did: “A flower in a field 
whistled, 
and at night the sky untied her hair and 
I fell asleep clutching a 
sacred tress…”

Francis of Assisi                                         


.....julle. Dankie.


George & Matilda




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