tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599059807906544662.post7392289789240797959..comments2024-03-18T11:12:05.315-07:00Comments on Shiraz Hassan: Enigmas! by Pablo NerudaShiraz Hassanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697000384383256108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599059807906544662.post-75085487023019655392010-06-02T10:51:46.086-07:002010-06-02T10:51:46.086-07:00"I think this may allude to the distillation ..."I think this may allude to the distillation process that any work of art comes down to--beauty is glimpsed, described, at best, but never fully captured, and never really living. That's for God/the ocean, and that's why he tells the questioner to study the ocean, because "it knows this."<br />The whole poem is really a lovely enigma, like a Gordian knot all tied up in the image of a fisherman casting about for treasure...or even the sustenance of living beauty we all need."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037484386853200387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599059807906544662.post-74426028911660744892010-06-02T10:42:31.784-07:002010-06-02T10:42:31.784-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037484386853200387noreply@blogger.com