II: 016
new iceon the river -
still can't walk on water
posted by david giacalone @ 7:53 AM
Monday, January 16, 2006
david giacalone ("dagosan") looks at the foibles and ironies of the human condition, using poems structured like haiku but called "senryu", and with an occasional photo "haiga" (an image with a linked poem).
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- Name: david giacalone
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. haiku advocate trying to keep a Beginner's Mind ... former lawyer-mediator...... editor of f/k/a weblog ... Born 1949, but a few body parts occasionally feel much younger.. . . a/k/a dagosan
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6 Comments:
just this morning i stumbled across a quote (unknown author)
"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance."
Eric, About a year ago, I said the following at my f/k/a weblog:
A verse from a favorite Jesse Winchester song keeps gliding through my head lately, and I think I was meant to share the lines with you:
Do it
If the wheel is fixed
I would still take a chance
If we're treading on thin ice
Then we might as well dance
So I play the fool
But I can't sit still
Help me get this rock
To the top of this hill
Do it
'Til we're sick of it
Do it 'till you can't do it no more
©1972 Jesse Winchester From the LP "Third Down, 110 To Go"
-- even when life seems Sisyphean, we've got our haiku!
Was this the one?
http://www.hypnos.co.uk/hypnomag/johnson4.html
I am so easily distracted. As of a few minutes ago, you can find a post at f/k/a (that has taken up the productive part of my day), in which I try to ascertain the source of the "dancin' on thin ice" concept. So far,no source pre-dates Jesse Winchester's 1972 song. See dancin' on thin ice.
While chasing the source of the "might as well dance" quote, I've had this nagging thought: Thirty-four years ago, at 21, I thought this was a wonderful quote. Now, in my mid-50s, it seems a bit rash -- which is why I would recommend, if you must dance, that you do The Slide and avoid jumping up and down. Of course, getting down and rolling is probably the safest way to go.
i was searching for snow/ice/winter quotes for my walton photo blog when i found that quote, sounds like jesse's likely the 'unknown author' . . .
thanks
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