03 October 2013

Collage and Poem




Collage and Poem, originally uploaded by O. Douglas Jennings.


TRANSCENDENT;
TRANSIENT.

The eternal and the ephemeral.
Two facets of the same reality.
So opposite yet both so necessary
To the scheme of existence.
One is caught in time and space;
A flat dimension compared
To the spiritual realm, that
Has no beginning or end.

Traveling further into
Reality, always moving,
Forever vibrant, the sights
And sounds of timelessness
Sometimes beckon us. The
Yearning for eternity will
Come upon us during bitter
Sweet moments of joy and
Awe when we are given a
Fleeting glimpse of its
Beauty through the veil
Of nature.

Is this where
The natural and the Super
Natural meet? The point
Where and when infinity
Overlaps the finite?

Truly the closest point to
Eternity is the present.
This moment.
Not past.
Not future.
Now.

--A poem of sorts that I wrote when I was attending Southern Illinois University in 1980 for a visual communication project. It went with the diamond-shaped collage above. I understand the concept behind the poem much better since those days.

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