Other Rivers, Other Voices
“The sound of water says what I think.” Chuang-Tzu
Nobody believes in Charon anymore, not that it matters. No one has ever heard him grumble about his own invisibility. He has even gotten used to never sleeping. Too many deaths. Anyway, on every voyage his boat overflows with passengers. Long ago he became indifferent to the chorus of sullen mutterings from an endless queue of souls, all of them not wanting him to ferry them across the river to the other shore.
But there are other voices, and those voices sing.
Iroquois Dreams - Watercolor - 11 x 14 inches
The canoe's spine cracked apart years ago and her hull splintered into pieces. Her ribs reach out like fingers, but too exhausted to feel the slightest touch, even a touch of sunlight. Birch and willows are only echoes in what remains of her life, and the rivers that cradled her have flowed away. What use is a river to a broken boat?
But listen to its music: From deepest waters, choirs of voices rise up and burst out of the throats of flowers: arias of dragonflies, the flaming sun, sand and pebbles on some faraway shore, flights of geese, acorns, the tears in things, grandmothers, snowstorms, the moons of Jupiter, wolverines, fragrances from last Spring's lilacs, and brittle leaves falling in forests every morning for a million years. All the voices of water laugh as they sing to us, in whispers: "Death is a Lie."
Original blog: https://johnmichaelkeating.com/2019/07/15/other-rivers-other-voices/
This post was shared in the Curation Collective Discord community for curators, and upvoted and resteemed by the @c-squared community account after manual review.
@c-squared runs a community witness. Please consider using one of your witness votes on us here
Hey, just wanted to mention how much I appreciate your upvote and resteem. I am glad you noticed my work :)
Hello!
This post has been manually curated, resteemed
and gifted with some virtually delicious cake
from the @helpiecake curation team!
Much love to you from all of us at @helpie!
Keep up the great work!
Manually curated by @steemflow.
Thanks very much to all of you. I appreciate it (and the yummy cake as well.)
Gosh, @jmkartworks. Your posts are so beautiful, so infused with strange and fantastical thoughts, that it stops my breath momentarily as I breathe in the words and the beautiful artwork through my eyes <3 Absolutely gorgeous. I looooooooooooove your posts so so so so much <3
Hello veryspider. I can't thank you enough for your kind words of encouragement. I'm delighted that you read the posts and very grateful for your comments. All best wishes to you.
That was an exciting read, @jmkartworks, thank you! Every wOrd is like a perfectly placed rhythm.
Thank you, dandays, not only for reading the post, but for your thoughtful comments. I appreciate them very much.
You’ve been Featured!
Dear ArtzOne curators, thanks for featuring my watercolor and text. I don't know if any other artists feel honored by your choices, but I do and am very grateful for your support. Thanks and all best wishes to you.
Congratulations @jmkartworks! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPVote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!