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| Photo: Cobscook Bay along the Maine/Canadian border (S.Ryan, 2007) |
Le seul véritable voyage, le seul bain de Jouvence, ce ne serait pas d'aller vers de nouveaux paysages, mais d'avoir d'autres yeux, de voir l'univers avec les yeux d'un autre, de cent autres, de voir les cent univers que chacun d'eux voit, que chacun d'eux est.
~ Marcel Proust
This timeless quote from French writer, Marcel Proust, inspired this blog. The words have been translated, abbreviated and quoted across the ether, and as expected, have lost some meaning along the way. With apologies to my junior high french teacher, here it is, in its entirety:
The only true voyage, the only fountain of youth, would not be going to new landscapes, but having other eyes, seeing the universe with the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to see the hundred universes that each of them see, that each of them are.
This is, in a nutshell, my quest. To travel the world - in reality and virtually - by exploring the work of scientists, philosophers, writers, artists and friends whose life's work has changed the way we see the universe, and maybe, ourselves.
For, as Proust observed:
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us...Although it's a virtual one, I hope you'll join me on this voyage, and share your own experiences along the way.
