Tuesday, April 24, 2012

train your memory to fail


learn to say “I don’t know”learn to say “I can’t say” “I don’t remember”learn to say nothingtrain your memory to failrecognize that you have the right to make mistakesto stay muteinsist that the noise in your ears is due merelyto history’s winds or to the changes in pressurethat make mirages out of daily life
 link  - Urszula KoziolTo a Young ManA Polish Lessontranslated by Stanisław Barańczak and Claire Cavanaghgrowing orbits

learn to say “I don’t know”
learn to say “I can’t say” “I don’t remember”
learn to say nothing

train your memory to fail
recognize that you have the right to make mistakes
to stay mute

insist that the noise in your ears is due merely
to history’s winds or to the changes in pressure
that make mirages out of daily life

link  - Urszula Koziol
To a Young Man
A Polish Lesson
translated by Stanisław Barańczak and Claire Cavanagh
growing orbits
Image Source: inthewronggalaxy)

2 comments:

Lydia said...

It has been waaay too long since I was here. My life seems lacking, somehow, without your special vision.

Kelly M. said...

I echo the sentiment -- too long since my last visit. will keep stopping by, though, in the hope that secretfragileskies returns at some point. :)