Monday, September 9, 2002

Sipping 10,000 Stars

"Julian of Norwich asked: 'What is the use of praying if God does not answer?' In starlight, God answers. Starlight blows through my body like wind through the hedge. My atoms ebb and flow in a cosmic tide of radiation. Vega surges into luminescence and electrons do handsprings in the cortex of my brain. Planets are gathered in Vega's dusty brim; I am warmed by their gentle heat. If you sip the sea but once, said the Zen Master, you will know the taste of all the oceans of the world. Tonight I have sipped 10,000 stars. I have tasted the universe."

-Chet Raymo, Honey from Stone

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