Comments on: Consumed With That Which It Was Nourished By http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/consumed-with-that-which-it-was-nourished-by/ Place. Limits. Liberty. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: The Teacher Lives « The Confessional Outhouse http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/consumed-with-that-which-it-was-nourished-by/#comment-24689 The Teacher Lives « The Confessional Outhouse Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:42:18 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=7765#comment-24689 [...] joins in the fray (is glorified resolving finally any different regular resolving?). But I prefer the sort of reflecting that thinks after the thoughts of Ecclesiastes, that epistle of straw. My fire and I, we are both [...] [...] joins in the fray (is glorified resolving finally any different regular resolving?). But I prefer the sort of reflecting that thinks after the thoughts of Ecclesiastes, that epistle of straw. My fire and I, we are both [...]

]]> By: eutychus http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/consumed-with-that-which-it-was-nourished-by/#comment-24652 eutychus Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:46:45 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=7765#comment-24652 This consumed coal glowed almost impercepetibly in the warmth of your words. Thank you for the reminder of what it once meant to burn with life. This consumed coal glowed almost impercepetibly in the warmth of your words. Thank you for the reminder of what it once meant to burn with life.

]]> By: Brian http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/consumed-with-that-which-it-was-nourished-by/#comment-24646 Brian Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:59:32 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=7765#comment-24646 Jason: Thank you for this. Odd, how quickly your words called to mind "Gerontion," especially the lines: History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions, Guides us by vanities. Think now She gives when our attention is distracted And what she gives, gives with such supple confusions That the giving famishes the craving. Not what you were going for, I suppose, but that's where the synapses led. Jason:

Thank you for this. Odd, how quickly your words called to mind “Gerontion,” especially the lines:

History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors
And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions,
Guides us by vanities. Think now
She gives when our attention is distracted
And what she gives, gives with such supple confusions
That the giving famishes the craving.

Not what you were going for, I suppose, but that’s where the synapses led.

]]> By: D.W. Sabin http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/consumed-with-that-which-it-was-nourished-by/#comment-24641 D.W. Sabin Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:05:35 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=7765#comment-24641 Fire, my fellow curmudgeon, reminds us of the simple life of the cave but more than that, we find it hard to walk away from it because it is the release of stored solar energy and so simply concentrated light....the light which envelops....this thing of life that never gets boring. Fire, my fellow curmudgeon, reminds us of the simple life of the cave but more than that, we find it hard to walk away from it because it is the release of stored solar energy and so simply concentrated light….the light which envelops….this thing of life that never gets boring.

]]> By: Bob Cheeks http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/consumed-with-that-which-it-was-nourished-by/#comment-24624 Bob Cheeks Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:32:00 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=7765#comment-24624 Symbols, experience and the recovery of the tension of existence. This is a good one. Symbols, experience and the recovery of the tension of existence. This is a good one.

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