Returning home from traveling certainly can feel more like a crash than a starry descent!“More like a meteorite that has fallen to earth than a returning star.” Especially with tax returns waiting. It’s usually so good to be home though.
I also have doubts that Helena actually got her happy ending.
I have had many returns home. To me, each new place I live or stay absorbs me, so that I feel as if I had always lived or could always live there. When I return home, which I also love, it is not as if now I feel more comfortable or at home, but rather as if I am passing from one dimension of living to another.
My birthday is July 7 and I never knew there was a festival, let alone a Star festival. How lovely! And while I don't weave, I do needlepoint so maybe I should ramp up the stitching:) I will definitely celebrate the returning star!
Thank you Jeffrey! I really am delighted! Thought about hanging some streamers and stars on my tree but we're expecting winds and rain thanks to Tropical Storm Beryl, so maybe next year... I love the new insight into many happy returns!
Welcome back (to Substack, although you never truly left) Jeffery! Love how you give different meanings to “return”. Hope you had a great time on your vacation!
Thanks, Holly! it feels good, but not a little strange, to be back. It's somehow still amazing to me how a relatively short time away and travel can change one's perspective.
Would you mind if I used some of your posts as references ? I'm trying to resuscitate my art " career " & I need all the resources possible. I even bought a Tarot book a couple of hours ago, even though I DON'T believe in it as such.
My return was to your substack today 😊. If I had returned yesterday, the name Hazlitt wouldn’t have jumped out at me like it did today. I’m different today because yesterday I was reading Tony McManus’s book about the work of Kenneth White (The Radical Field). I finished it this morning. I’m sure I remember seeing Hazlitt’s name mentioned. Anyway, it’s a good excuse to ask you if you’re familiar with White’s work and poetry. This book will continue to resonate with me as I return to it in the future. Looking forward to reading more about Hazlitt, Jeffrey.
I never really went away. Life just gets busy sometimes 😊 Anyway, I hope you enjoy finding out more about Kenneth White. I am. Here is a short discussion about his life and work that I’ve just watched
Returning home from traveling certainly can feel more like a crash than a starry descent!“More like a meteorite that has fallen to earth than a returning star.” Especially with tax returns waiting. It’s usually so good to be home though.
You're so right, Stephanie! No starry descent for me! But yes, it's good to be home. 😊
I also have doubts that Helena actually got her happy ending.
I have had many returns home. To me, each new place I live or stay absorbs me, so that I feel as if I had always lived or could always live there. When I return home, which I also love, it is not as if now I feel more comfortable or at home, but rather as if I am passing from one dimension of living to another.
I think it's a difficult to make the play work in performance; it's hard to believe in Helena being happy with this sneering cynic.
Passing from one dimension of living to another is a good way of describing the experience of returning home.
My birthday is July 7 and I never knew there was a festival, let alone a Star festival. How lovely! And while I don't weave, I do needlepoint so maybe I should ramp up the stitching:) I will definitely celebrate the returning star!
Thanks Jeffrey, and welcome home! Happy Tanabata!
I'm really glad to hear that you can now combine a star festival with your birthday! Many happy returns!
Thank you Jeffrey! I really am delighted! Thought about hanging some streamers and stars on my tree but we're expecting winds and rain thanks to Tropical Storm Beryl, so maybe next year... I love the new insight into many happy returns!
Many happy returns and take care in the storm!
Glad to see you back, making connections between seemingly disparate things.
Thank you, Rona!
Welcome home.
Thank you, June!
Hi Jeff
Lovely writing as ever . Really enjoying your pieces.
Ps we met years ago when I was with BC IN Peru
Hi Anne, thank you for your kind words and good to hear from you after all these years! I hope you are enjoying Substack.
Welcome back (to Substack, although you never truly left) Jeffery! Love how you give different meanings to “return”. Hope you had a great time on your vacation!
Thank you, Yi Xue!
Happy Tanabata! And welcome back. ;)
I’m not so sure how I feel about the once-a-year solution. But better than nothing I suppose.
Happy weaving (ahem taxes et al). I suppose we all must do what the, ahem again, gods demand. 😉
Thanks, Holly! it feels good, but not a little strange, to be back. It's somehow still amazing to me how a relatively short time away and travel can change one's perspective.
I know, right?! We’re such adaptive creatures—how easily the here of now becomes THE here.
Welcome home!
🙏 Thank you!
Welcome back!
Thank you, Victoria!
Would you mind if I used some of your posts as references ? I'm trying to resuscitate my art " career " & I need all the resources possible. I even bought a Tarot book a couple of hours ago, even though I DON'T believe in it as such.
Hi Daniel, by all means make use of the posts as references. Thanks for reading.
MUCH OBLIGED ! I've been looking into everything from Mesopotamian bas reliefs to the terra cotta soldiers of Shih Huangdi to Art Deco.
Happy Tanabata! Hazlitt is a favorite, the pleasure of hating ...looking forward to your post.
Thank you, Anna! He’s such a stylish writer, isn’t he?
Enlightened by you, thank you. Your clarity and purpose are indeed, bright.
Thank you for reading, Lola, and for your kind words.
Enjoyed that and the sidestep that introduced me to Lowell. Have a happy summer.
Thank you, Lee. You too!
My return was to your substack today 😊. If I had returned yesterday, the name Hazlitt wouldn’t have jumped out at me like it did today. I’m different today because yesterday I was reading Tony McManus’s book about the work of Kenneth White (The Radical Field). I finished it this morning. I’m sure I remember seeing Hazlitt’s name mentioned. Anyway, it’s a good excuse to ask you if you’re familiar with White’s work and poetry. This book will continue to resonate with me as I return to it in the future. Looking forward to reading more about Hazlitt, Jeffrey.
Thank you, Nicola and welcome back! I don't know White's work, but I will check it out. Thank you for the recommendation!
I never really went away. Life just gets busy sometimes 😊 Anyway, I hope you enjoy finding out more about Kenneth White. I am. Here is a short discussion about his life and work that I’ve just watched
https://youtu.be/iXXJ28W2mnk?si=KONGpX3ZGoFjiiOb
Thank you!
Happy Tanabata Jeffrey - it sounds like a beautiful holiday, the picture at the top is lovely. Also, a very merry unbirthday to you to you. ;)
Thank you, Troy! Happy Tanabata to you, too!