BeachSounds

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

- Arthur C. Clarke

My name is Kerry Cox and I live in Seattle. This is a collection of photos, songs, links, quotes and poems I like. I post my original poetry and photos here:
http://kerrycoxpoetry.tumblr.com

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9:35 AM
August 25th, 2012

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I do not practise religion in accordance with the sacred rites. I have made mysterious Nature my religion. I do not believe that a man is any nearer to God for being clad in priestly garments, nor that one place in a town is better adapted to meditation than another. When I gaze at a sunset sky and spend hours contemplating its marvelous ever-changing beauty, an extraordinary emotion overwhelms me. Nature in all its vastness is truthfully reflected in my sincere though feeble soul. Around me are the trees stretching up their branches to the skies, the perfumed flowers gladdening the meadow, the gentle grass-carpetted earth, … and my hands unconsciously assume an attitude of adoration… . To feel the supreme and moving beauty of the spectacle to which Nature invites her ephemeral guests! … that is what I call prayer.

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Claude Debussy, as quoted in Claude Debussy: His Life and Works (1933) by Léon Vallas, p. 225 (via nonplussedbyreligion)

(Source: ffrf.org, via gnostix1)

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