Notes on Personal Flight via Marc Johns, Anne Sexton and Anonymous
A friend sent us two-line to-do list via a link on Facebook, posted unattributed on the page of Iris Legge. No one seems to know who wrote it.
It made us realize that there is a big difference between FLY and
FLY AWAY…
Fly away speaks of escape…leaving…with less feeling of personal choice that we would hope for the unknown person who yearns to learn to fly.
Marc Johns reframes it…
Anne Sexton nails the subtleties…
You can buy his print here.
"Knock. Knock."
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,…i couldn’t resist.
https://youtu.be/69YCXgVdyR4
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Perfect. Your friend Blaze Foley’s lovely song was then recorded by the great Merle Haggard. Double wow.