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William Blake--19th century artist and engraver--offers a profound call to find the infinite and divine in even the smallest, everyday things. He urges a heightened awareness and state of wonder at the miracles of life in hopes of inspiring a responsibility to protect all things.
He echoes Hamlet who acknowledges that, "There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." A higher power is, of, and governs all.
"To see a world in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an Hour."
Sunny, with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees. Smoky haze during the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon, sunny for the evening, clear overnight.
Very clever.
Lovely story. Thank you, Kathleen and editors for shaing it with us.
I haven't been to the folk fest since I worked it as a teen helping to make apple butter. I hope the schnitz and knepp is still as good, and that you can still get vanilla ice cream with peaches. I still have some blacksmithed items from those years kicking around.
Not sure why the festival was moved as the location in East Greenville was nice. I volunteered as an apprentice for the ink maker when I was in seventh grade over 40 years ago.....