firsttimeuser:Ruhige See, 1899 by Dr. Hugo Henneberg“Do we reach the sea with clocksIn our pockets,
firsttimeuser:Ruhige See, 1899 by Dr. Hugo Henneberg“Do we reach the sea with clocksIn our pockets, with the noise of the seaIn the sea, or are we the carriersOf a purer and more silent water?The water rubbing against our hands sharpens knives.The warriors have found their weapons in the wavesAnd the sound of their blows is likeThe rocks that smash the boats at night.It is the storm and the thunder. Why not the silenceOf the flood, for we have dreamt within usSpace for the greatest silence and we breatheLike the wind over terrible seas, like the windThat creeps slowly over every horizon.”—~ Paul Eluard, “The Deaf and Blind,” translated by Paul Auster -- source link