No woman has ever created a single enduring work of art.

                    - Arthur Schopenhauer

Mr. Schopenhauer of Frankfurt, meet Ms. Dickinson of Amherst.

                      - me






This World is not Conclusion (373)

This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands Beyond -
Invisible, as music -
But positive, as Sound -
It beckons, and it baffles -
Philosophy, don't know -
And through a Riddle, at the last -
Sagacity, must go -
To guess it, puzzles scholars -
To guess it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown -
Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies -
Blushes, if any see -
Plucks, at a twig of Evidence -
And asks a Vane the way -
Much Gesture from the pulpit -
Strong Hallelujahs roll -
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul -

               - (dearest) Emily Dickinson