This is the most gorgeous piece i have ever read on shadows..wow..still marveling at your thoughts…so true…what an amazing great read..
“but step on me and i walk away”
Eric can’t thank you enough for sending the link…
You made my day with your Wows! Thank you so very much 🙂
P/s I found that post about the Ethiopian girl protected by 3 lions from those 7 men – really makes you wonder who is the beast.
Peace, Eric
I loved this. I think if we could all be FELT yet not SEEN…we may actually be able to KNOW one another…without fear of precnceived notions based on nothingness. After all…and I have said it many times…were always supposed to be different from one another. But our differences should be what brings us together…not separate us.
This is the thing I love about writing…you cannot see me…therefore we are equals in your “sight”…judge by what I say…because that is all that I can control. The texture of my hair or tone of my skin were decided for me…from one that I never judge.
Thank you so much for your visit to my page…you are always welcome.
Terriffic, fabulous, Eric — far and away my favorite of yours since I started reading you. This is playfully inviting, yet warning; dancing, yet marching; flying, yet creeping! How wonderful to give the other party that choice at the end!
Dear ‘granbee’
You pick out the nuances so well. As you already know, I try to make my posts multifaceted.
Yes, choices – the ultimate freedom, I reckon.
Peace, Eric
Well, done, Eric. The equality of man: whatever, colour, whatever, their look, their shadows always are the same. Very nice image. I like it. We have not as much sun as the tropics, so less shadows too, Could that explain why our forebears have been such conquerors, forcing people all over the world in submission or why some ages over here excelled in crimes against humanity?
Taken in many perspectives, we are all the same and in time will become one. Meanwhile, zealots celebrate our differences…to our detriment.
I have my own take on human conquests – always driven by commerce, under the guise of religion, freedom and civilization.
Only people of temperate climates launch conquests – due to the seasons, we are hoarders, over producing and saving for wintry months. Peoples in the tropical belt produce enough, as no winter means no need to hoard – produce available year round. Taken in this macro context, it is no wonder that the Orientals (Mongoloid) and Occidentals (Caucasoid) undertook human conquests. Of course, this is simplifying matters and as such may seem porous – but I can write a book on this and bore everyone to death, especially the zealots. Perhaps, not such a bad idea 🙂
Sorry if I bored you…but I enjoy delving into the why’s and whereof’s and do not always subscribe to what the experts dish out. After all, an expert is an ‘ex’ and a ‘spurt’ (squirt of urine). My apologies for being crude…but it is colourful, you must agree.
I wasn’t bored for a second. It is, as you say, a simplification, but therefore not less true. I would even say that it wasn’t driven by commerce, in the sense that I am selling you something for more money than it is worth, what equals a form of (petty) theft. It was just plain robbery, they just took what they wanted, be it gold, spices or worst of all slaves, destroying the culture at the same time.
And when it comes to experts, most of them are self-appointed, and once they have made one statement that nobody contradicts, they become oracles. But I must say that your vision of them is far more original than mine. Why doesn’t that surprise me at all 🙂
If you write that book, I’ll certainly be the first (and who knows the only one) to buy it. 🙂
Love and a lot of hugs for the weekend
Steph
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Love this! Not only the concept but the images that you’ve conjured with not only the words but how you designed the image with the poem on it. I want to be Shadow too. =)
Eric, your poem brought me here tonight “Like the shadow, I Am and I Am Not” Rumi
It is a nice place to be and I love your poem. I have wondered about the shadow my whole life.
Jackie
We will all be Shadow. Sooner than we think, I fear.
Ah, from the Dark side 🙂
This is the most gorgeous piece i have ever read on shadows..wow..still marveling at your thoughts…so true…what an amazing great read..
“but step on me and i walk away”
Eric can’t thank you enough for sending the link…
Thank you, Soma – You think deep and I guessed you would like it, hence the link. All good wishes, Eric
Wow! That was a nice one. I also like to thank you for visiting my posts. You may like the other verses too.So, please keep visiting.
Thank you and please forgive me. I really don’t know how I missed your comment. All good wishes, Eric
Wow. Just wow. You’re poetry is great, lovely stories too. Great blog!
You made my day with your Wows! Thank you so very much 🙂
P/s I found that post about the Ethiopian girl protected by 3 lions from those 7 men – really makes you wonder who is the beast.
Peace, Eric
great poem… we can not catch our shadow nor leave it.
Glad you enjoyed it and very true. Also, thank you for subscribing. All good wishes, Eric
I loved this. I think if we could all be FELT yet not SEEN…we may actually be able to KNOW one another…without fear of precnceived notions based on nothingness. After all…and I have said it many times…were always supposed to be different from one another. But our differences should be what brings us together…not separate us.
This is the thing I love about writing…you cannot see me…therefore we are equals in your “sight”…judge by what I say…because that is all that I can control. The texture of my hair or tone of my skin were decided for me…from one that I never judge.
Thank you so much for your visit to my page…you are always welcome.
Peace and Blessings to you
Thank you for your visit and comment.
Is sight a blessing or a curse…I wonder.
Peace, Eric
Yes. Want to be “Shadow”. Ultimate liberation. wow, unique concept. Beautifully written.
Thank you for your visit and kind words, Inosha. Peace, Eric
What a great poem! This was just fun. Good work, Eric. Ethel and Tom
Ah, now I have another name – Ethel 🙂
Very cooling for me that both of you enjoyed it.
Peace and luv, Eric
Terriffic, fabulous, Eric — far and away my favorite of yours since I started reading you. This is playfully inviting, yet warning; dancing, yet marching; flying, yet creeping! How wonderful to give the other party that choice at the end!
Dear ‘granbee’
You pick out the nuances so well. As you already know, I try to make my posts multifaceted.
Yes, choices – the ultimate freedom, I reckon.
Peace, Eric
What a wonderful poem. Thank you!
Hello dear,
Welcome back and thank you.
Peace, Eric
Right on Eric you capture it all! Wow job, and thanks for visiting so many times.
Thank you Rafa,
I enjoy your posts and plan to return.
Appreciate your ‘Wow’ 🙂
I’m new to blogging here. I’ve been reading through your blog and am inspired. Thank you for sharing and noticing my own beginnings in this community.
Thanks Peg,
I am also new to blogging (about 2 months). I plan to read your posts.
All good wishes, Eric
Well done Eric, I love this format of the sloping stair and Shadow leaves a mystical memory. How about a mirror image ? Love David
Thank you David,
Trust the font size was not too small.
Peace, Eric
wow, what a unique & intriguing post… i liked this one…
Hello and welcome back,
Glad you liked it.
man your captivating.. i sure now have a huge respect for your poems… i wanna be a mystic shadow….
Charles,
You can be anything you want in the World of Shadows…a mystic shadow, hmmm, sounds intriguing.
Cheers, Eric
Well, done, Eric. The equality of man: whatever, colour, whatever, their look, their shadows always are the same. Very nice image. I like it. We have not as much sun as the tropics, so less shadows too, Could that explain why our forebears have been such conquerors, forcing people all over the world in submission or why some ages over here excelled in crimes against humanity?
Love
Steph
Hello Steph my dear,
Taken in many perspectives, we are all the same and in time will become one. Meanwhile, zealots celebrate our differences…to our detriment.
I have my own take on human conquests – always driven by commerce, under the guise of religion, freedom and civilization.
Only people of temperate climates launch conquests – due to the seasons, we are hoarders, over producing and saving for wintry months. Peoples in the tropical belt produce enough, as no winter means no need to hoard – produce available year round. Taken in this macro context, it is no wonder that the Orientals (Mongoloid) and Occidentals (Caucasoid) undertook human conquests. Of course, this is simplifying matters and as such may seem porous – but I can write a book on this and bore everyone to death, especially the zealots. Perhaps, not such a bad idea 🙂
Sorry if I bored you…but I enjoy delving into the why’s and whereof’s and do not always subscribe to what the experts dish out. After all, an expert is an ‘ex’ and a ‘spurt’ (squirt of urine). My apologies for being crude…but it is colourful, you must agree.
Hugz, Eric
My dearest Eric
I wasn’t bored for a second. It is, as you say, a simplification, but therefore not less true. I would even say that it wasn’t driven by commerce, in the sense that I am selling you something for more money than it is worth, what equals a form of (petty) theft. It was just plain robbery, they just took what they wanted, be it gold, spices or worst of all slaves, destroying the culture at the same time.
And when it comes to experts, most of them are self-appointed, and once they have made one statement that nobody contradicts, they become oracles. But I must say that your vision of them is far more original than mine. Why doesn’t that surprise me at all 🙂
If you write that book, I’ll certainly be the first (and who knows the only one) to buy it. 🙂
Love and a lot of hugs for the weekend
Steph
Love this! Not only the concept but the images that you’ve conjured with not only the words but how you designed the image with the poem on it. I want to be Shadow too. =)
Thank you for the visit and this exuberant comment 🙂
Eric, your poem brought me here tonight “Like the shadow, I Am and I Am Not” Rumi
It is a nice place to be and I love your poem. I have wondered about the shadow my whole life.
Jackie
Thank you Jackie, for your visit and comment.
Shadows have many avatars, straddle many dimensions beyond the 3rd…you’ll recognise yours.
Peace, Eric
Energetic & mysterious, as if the shadow is jumping (or connecting?) between two worlds – between darkness and light
Hello Gregory,
Thank you for your visit.
Feel free to take away whatever strikes you…
Peace, Eric