I like your thoughts on hope & honesty, Brian. I think sometimes the hope that is taught and championed is actually greed for a situation and conditions to be brought about. Greed can masquerade itself well as hope. Hope for a better life, society, etc. Thank you for sharing.
Brian, I appreciate your thoughts this morning. The open space—the place between cynicism and naivety— is an important place to explore right now. I find myself wanting to inhabit this place, at least in some way, on a daily basis. It seems urgent right now. I notice for myself, the insistent impulse to create something beautiful—not out of naivety—but as an act of defiance of the encroaching darkness of this era. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with this poem and its reflection.
I like your thoughts on hope & honesty, Brian. I think sometimes the hope that is taught and championed is actually greed for a situation and conditions to be brought about. Greed can masquerade itself well as hope. Hope for a better life, society, etc. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure. And definitely true, I hadn’t thought about greed as a masqueraded condition!
Brian, I appreciate your thoughts this morning. The open space—the place between cynicism and naivety— is an important place to explore right now. I find myself wanting to inhabit this place, at least in some way, on a daily basis. It seems urgent right now. I notice for myself, the insistent impulse to create something beautiful—not out of naivety—but as an act of defiance of the encroaching darkness of this era. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with this poem and its reflection.
Thanks Ann. There are many types of acts of defiance. Creating among chaos is certainly one!