. . . originally posted March 23 2013.
My family send me cuttings from their local newspaper every now and again. It keeps me in touch a little way in getting to know what's going on in their village of Catshill and the larger town of Bromsgrove nearby.
One of the cuttings was the one above which I copied and stuck to my pin board in the studio where I work.
One of the cuttings was the one above which I copied and stuck to my pin board in the studio where I work.
I couldn't help but see the spectral figure of a man in the tree, to the left of the church spire. I knew that he had something to say- so I decided I couldn't put it off any longer. I decided to investigate the message that wanted to appear. Using my intuitive methods I searched for the right picture - and when found - placed it in overlay on the original picture to line it up and observe the match. Match it did.
I thought it might be W H Auden or A E Houseman because I used my intellect to try and "join in" on the proceedings. Not a good idea. My first thought was that it was Aldous Huxley [and this is where it was true - [don't over think it]
So I found my man.
I had no great interest in him at the time of receiving the mail cutting. I had read the "Doors of Perception" book when I was in college years ago. It did make me marvel, at the time, because here was a man who was going in and out of world's perceptively. I never thought that I would be intuitively corresponding back and forth this way decades later! I knew of his famous books like "Brave New World" etc. But because of this interesting communication I looked for more information that the tree [linked through his pulpy former tree friends] in the newspaper was saying. They do their part well, it is just a matter of being receptive enough to receive the information clearly enough.
So I found my man.
I had no great interest in him at the time of receiving the mail cutting. I had read the "Doors of Perception" book when I was in college years ago. It did make me marvel, at the time, because here was a man who was going in and out of world's perceptively. I never thought that I would be intuitively corresponding back and forth this way decades later! I knew of his famous books like "Brave New World" etc. But because of this interesting communication I looked for more information that the tree [linked through his pulpy former tree friends] in the newspaper was saying. They do their part well, it is just a matter of being receptive enough to receive the information clearly enough.
I found these quotes from Huxley - [and the tree]
Jesus Christ said I AM the door
Thought it was a waste not to re post some of my old blog writings - so the above is #1 revisited.