As we grow up, we like to think we embrace the world and its greater wisdom. Yet, we grow old and look at a divided humanity across the world, wondering…whatever happened to wisdom?
Thank goodness for imagination: inspiration, escapism, and the sense of a better, kinder world never entirely out of reach.
NOTES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF IMAGINATION
Child,
chasing a white rabbit,
relishing the thrill
of discovering places
nobody knows
so nobody goes, and secrets
mean safety
Youth,
scornful of white rabbits,
relishing the thrill
of reworking everyday
text-speak
if only to nurture new ideas,
keep them safe
Mature,
mindful of a feisty rabbit
relishing the thrill
of discovering places
nobody knows
so nobody goes, and secrets
mean power
Old,
conjuring up reflections,
of Once-upon-a-time,
struggling to make sense
of Here-and-Now,
wondering whatever happened
to its dreams...
Rabbit droppings, proof of life
in a Hall of Mirrors
Copyright R. N. Taber 2014
Labels: achievement, aspirations, culture, escapism, Green issues, human nature, human spirit, humanity, imagination, life, mind-body-spirit, nature, personal space, poetry, politics, religion, society, survival
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