This comes courtesy of blogger Dyan Diamond who posted this
http://wordpress.com/read/post/id/45100490/1504/
Being both curious and not a little inspired I had to look it up, first the wonderfully imaged advertisement, then the Walt Whitman poem which is voiced so perfect-well by Robin Williams.
So ,take a peek at the ad, remember I am not a great fan of I-pads (but shamelessly use one when it suits me!) and then read the original below.
Muse with me and as I did, whether it is better to have the images put before you – as is done so creatively in the ad – or to simply imagine your own.
I don’t even know what I think myself any more.
By Walt Whitman 1819–1892 Walt Whitman
and if you had to write one verse (or two)
about your life in this moment
what would it be?
I love that you shared this too…sometimes commercials are good…LOLs
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Certainly for the inspiration some of them can awaken.
Ever tried watching with the sound muted ?
I remember these very lines when I had to read them for my English Lit A Levels back in the day and then, as quoted by Robin Williams in the movie, “Dead Poets Society”. Gave me goose bumps then as they do now. As such my verse will be ~
Our human connection is my addiction,
A lesson in compassion
Beauty in transcendence
Sharing one more beautiful light
Before we say good night
Leaving nothing asunder.
These are excerpts from my poem, “Our Human Connection”. It’ll be posted in the Poet’s Corner tomorrow 😉
Thanks for posting the excerpt here, looking forward to reading the rest of the piece.