December, 2010

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EYES, OLD AND NEW

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It is a fine thing to view the world with the fresh eyes of a child. Frankenthaler Olitski The colors are brighter and motives are purer. No wonder Goethe's Faust was ready to trade his soul to recover his lost innocence: Give me back youth's golden prime When my own spirit too was growing When from my heart unbidden rhymes Gushed forth, a fount forever flowing; The world was shrouded in a haze The bud still promised wondrous powers And I would cull a thousand flowers With which all valleys were

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