Going Beyond

A Poem by Pete

The impression made on a wise man is that of universal innocence. - Thoreau

Vincent van Gogh - Trees and Undergrowth - Van Gogh Museum

Image: Trees and Undergrowth by Vincent Van Gogh

my heart a thicket

growing emotions in hues

beyond impressions

© 2021 Pete

Author's Note

"It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." - Thoreau

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Added on December 9, 2021
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Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..