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Ever since someone suggested that “angels can fly because they take themselves lightly”—I’ve considered the metaphor of Flight one of my favorite one-word “lifts” (pun intended).Examples of the pleasantness and implied liberation of the word Flight abound.We recently re-watched our DVD of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” with its stunning soundtrack, and always, afterwards, it is the Gospel hymn “I’ll Fly Away” that most compellingly sticks in my mind.Poet James Dickey said that “Flight is the only truly new sensation” anyone has achieved in modern history.  Read more >

“Eye” is not only the essential human organ of sight: “one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull” (Dictionary.com). It is also a superb metaphor for the visionary skill of the poet; and, at times, of focus for the spiritual life as well.“The eye altering alters all,” wrote the poet William Blake. And in Matthew 6:22, Jesus said that “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.”  Read more >