“Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.” ThinkingSoulBigsLightCoursesSoundWaterMemoriesExistenceHalfFourSeaSummerRiversWesternFishesBoatRhythmMy SoulEveningLakesFishingLengthFadesFishermanMontanaArcticCanyonsFly FishingSummer DaysRivers And Water Book:A River Runs Through It Source: A River Runs Through It
“I like to do every operation the same way on each fly. In the course of tying a batch of flies, I might get an idea on how to do something differently, but try to save it to try out later rather than break my comfortable rhythm. I don't worry about forgetting it. In my experience good ideas stay with you, while bad ones go back to where they came from, and good riddance.” WayTryingIdeasMightCoursesForgetBreakWorrySeaComfortableRiversFishesBoatRhythmOperationsLakesFishingGood IdeasRiddanceGood Riddance Author:John Gierach
“I was born by the sea, and I have noticed that all the great events of my life have taken place by the sea. My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves.” FirstsIdeasBornTakenSeaEventsMovementOceanWaveRhythmGreat Events Author:Isadora Duncan
“I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and keening cries and rhythms and stories and backbeats.” StoriesDreamSongFallMusicSeaCenturyCrySingingRhythmAncestorFalling DownLullaby Book:Composed: A Memoir Source: Composed: A Memoir
“Maybe life was like a sea, and all the people were like boats ... Everybody who was born was cast into the sea. Winds would blow them in all directions. Tides would rise and turn, in their own rhythm. And the boats - they just went along as best they could, trying to find a harbor.” PeopleLifeTryingTurnsBornSeaWindCastsBlowBoatRhythmTidesHarbors Author:Cynthia Voigt
“Out of the rhythm and sound of the sea that beat through the orchestra, something moved--pressing toward death with quiet insistent joy--the thread through the maze--the soul behind the toil and the crime and longing.” SoulJoySoundBehindsSeaCrimeQuietBeatsMovedLongingRhythmThreadToilOrchestraMazes Author:Jeanette Lee
“The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, uncaring of the future, existing only for the moment and the quick fix. The earthly rhythms that characterize a more pastoral way of life have been shunted aside to make room for the fast track of an urbanized existence. Lost in a sea of perpetual technological transition, modern man and woman find themselves increasingly alienated from the ecological choreography of the planet.” MenWayLifeHas BeensMomentsAgePastSpiritEnergyLostRoomsExistenceRecordsSeaModernPlanetsMen And WomenTrackSpeedRhythmTransitionPerpetualTechnologicalRestlessPreyEcologicalShortcutsChoreographyModern ManModern AgeUncaringQuick Fixes Book:Time Wars: The Primary Conflict in Human History Source: Time Wars: The Primary Conflict in Human History