The Colorado Sand Dunes, near Alamosa, in the San Luis Valley
Photograph by Jeffrey Louden
Photograph by Jeffrey Louden
Sometimes I go about pitying myself,
and all the time I am being carried on great winds across the sky.
Ojibway saying
adapted by Robert Bly from the translation of Frances Densmore
‘Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone
when the morning stars sang together
and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone
when the morning stars sang together
and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
Job 38
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