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Sarah

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I emerge from the mind's
cave into the worse darkness
outside, where things pass and
the Lord is in none of them.

I have heard the still, small voice
and it was that of the bacteria
demolishing my cosmos. I
have Imerged too long on

This threshold, but where can I go?
To look back is to lose the soul
I was leading upwards towards
the light. To look forward? Ah,

What balance is needed at
the edges of such an abyss.
I am alone on the surface
of a turning planet. What

to do but, like Michelangelo's
Adam, put my hand
out into unknown space,
hoping for the reciprocating touch?


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"Today ours is a world as violent and unpredictable as that of Assurbanipal, the king of Assyria, the Great King, king of the World, and of Nahum of Judea, and even of the historical Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, who made war and sent out expeditions in the third millenium before Christ. The difference is only that for us the 'swirling stream of Ocean' lies not over the rim of a flat horizon, but at the end of our telescopes, in the darkness they cannot penetrate, where the eye and its mechanical extensions turn back. Our world may be infinitely larger , but it still ends in the abyss, the upper and nether waters of our ignorance. For us the same demons lie in wait, 'the Devil in the clock,' and in the end we come back to the place from which we set out like Gilgamesh who went a long journey, was weary, worn-out with labour, and returning engraved on a stone the whole story."
"It is like the breaking of a spell, when, at the end of trouble and search and with a prize almost won, everything suddenly returns to ordinary and we are back where we started, admiring the prosaic excellence of the city wall. All the fine things we had hoped to find - youth, eternal life, the dead friend - are lost."

My Blog

Day 4: Atlanta to LaGrange

Again began with me barely being able to drag myself out of bed. But I did and we went straight to the onramp after packing up our gear. I spent another day zoned out, unaware of how much time had p...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:17:00 GMT

Day 3: Greenville to Atlanta

     Wednesday morning I woke up so comfortable and happy that I had to drag myself out of bed.  I was sort of warm, not getting rained on, alone, and not making decisions.  All I wanted to do was lay...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:15:00 GMT

Day 2: south Asheville almost to Greenville

Woke up later than desired, of course, but a tumultuous, cold night of sleep and some sunlight set us on our way.  We went to the Shell Station we'd camped next to  and hung out there for a bit drinki...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:15:00 GMT

Asheville to NoLA, who knew?

Hitchbiking trip from hell!!  No not that bad...     It began somewhat suddenly.  Upon arrival in Asheville, Zevi, Carmen, and Garrett were already talking about leaving.  But it was vague talk;  mayb...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:37:00 GMT

A run-in: part one

Sarah is biking to Sauced to meet Garret and a little frustrated at the wind for slowing her down. After a recurrent internal debate, she decides to take 31st Street down to Dewey; which, granted, i...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 20:02:00 GMT

the constant

Well, we gave in the other night in Leipzig (fucking cool city, man) and got a hotel;  it was a little bit nice of a break, you know?  Upon arrival in Leipzig wandered for a bit then found t...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:26:00 GMT

catching a break, or needing one?

It’s just not as fun writing when there isn’t something to rant about. But it has been rather un-traumatic lately: our last night in Stuttgart we went out to a pub and met a lot of really...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:36:00 GMT

Tuebingen!

Just wrote one of these durn things and then it disappeared. So here is the shortened version(maybe this will be appreciated anyway by those reading since I may have that annoying tendency of thinkin...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:41:00 GMT

a bright spot

It snowed today.All day: light, fluffy, pretty snow, coming down all around the mountains and coating the ivy and the stone bridges.This is nice
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Guess what comes next?

The train wound its way up through the mountains, and the sun was setting during the middle of the ride and it was all very beautiful. There was quite a lot of fog in the air which created pink and o...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:13:00 GMT