Awesome response. The poem Wasteland poem was also written shortly after the ending of World War I and there were many areas that looked like wasteland so it's an effective reminder of what man is capable of doing. Also in earlier times when battles were more dependent on good weather typically April the troops would stir after their winter encampments and begin fighting again. Another sad reminder of man's creating wasteland and burials of the dead.
In Japan I saw very old trees. In the USA trees are not always valued for their "inner spirit" nor the joy they give others. One tree I saw in Takayama was 800+ years old. Americans cannot fathom that.
Not only do you summarize one of Chaplin's movies - City Lights (and I do believe the flower girl was blind) - but you manage to weave in Chaplin's life story and why 'The Tramp' was created in the first place.
He came from nothing and became such an icon, all while showing the world that you did not have to lose your humanity in the process.
Thanks for joining me in celebrating Charlie Chaplin's 136th birthday with your tribute!
Yes, I agree. Fascist/autocratic/theocratic states in Russia and the USA will force Europe and Canada into a partnership that may benefit the world. May they be the light going forward.
Every morning this dog, very attached to me,
Quietly keeps sitting near my seat
Til touching its head
I recognize its company.
This recognition gives it so much joy.
Pure delight ripples through the entire body.
Among all dumb creatures
it is the only living being
That has seen the whole man
Beyond what is good or bad in him.
It has seen,
For his love it can sacrifice its life.
It can love him too for the sake of love alone,
For it is he who shows the way
To the vast world pulsating with life.
When I see its deep devotion,
The offer of its whole being,
I fail to understand
By its sheer instinct
What truth it has discovered in man.
By its silent anxious piteous looks
it cannot communicate what it understands,
But it has succeeded in conveying to me
Among the whole creation
What is the true status of man.
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