Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Man is Immortal

I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail! He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.
-William Faulkner

Those were words given by William Faulkner as he accepted his Nobel prize in 1950.  I would never claim to be comparable to a Faulkner, or even a poet/writer in general, but I echo his words today as I believe we do have a soul capable of compassion, sacrifice and endurance beyond our wildest dreams...every one of us!  My hope is that this may once again become a place where we can hear that voice which helps us all endure and prevail.

Calling all lions!


2 comments:

  1. Welcome back. Can't wait to read this regularly again

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  2. The silence has been deafening for long enough...time to let the roar be heard once again! Thanks for your support, and look forward to your participation in the future.

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