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Photo Essay: Point Defiance, Tacoma

 

 

 

 

“Come to the edge, He said. They said: we are afraid.
Come to the edge, He said.
They came. He pushed them, and they flew…”

-Guillaume Apollinaire.

(quote courtesy of lucy)

-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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8 Responses

  1. lucy, I LOVE this quote, how perfect for the images too– you see I have now added it to the post. :-) I also love the Mechtild quote you shared the other day in another place. Thank you!

  2. beautiful! here’s one of my favorite quotes:

    “Come to the edge, He said. They said: we are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them, and they flew…” Guillaume Apollinaire.

  3. Yes, most definitely :-) — for me at least, I seem to be called to live much of life at the edges and mostly it is a wondrous, but often challenging, place.