Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
The river was cut by the worlds great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops.
Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.
A river runs through it, Norman Maclean
This is my all time favourite quote, and is a lot deeper and meaningful than just a bit in some old fishing book. In my humble opinion i compare the opening sentence as a fisherman's take on the English burial service
Ashes to ashes dust to dust - meaning - we come from dust we return to dust
Adapted from biblical text
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
Eventually in our physical form we shall return to the ground (all things merge into one) and with a positive fisherman's slant we won't be far from what we love (and a river runs through it).
(On some of the rocks are timeless rain drops, under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs) I take this to mean the lives and memories of people who have lived and returned to the ground before us, where we will soon return to and our words will be heard no more.
This is my humble take on it, i love it so much i even had it put on my rods, I'd much appreciate and constructive criticism any one has on this to help me better understand it.
The river was cut by the worlds great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops.
Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.
A river runs through it, Norman Maclean
This is my all time favourite quote, and is a lot deeper and meaningful than just a bit in some old fishing book. In my humble opinion i compare the opening sentence as a fisherman's take on the English burial service
Ashes to ashes dust to dust - meaning - we come from dust we return to dust
Adapted from biblical text
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
Eventually in our physical form we shall return to the ground (all things merge into one) and with a positive fisherman's slant we won't be far from what we love (and a river runs through it).
(On some of the rocks are timeless rain drops, under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs) I take this to mean the lives and memories of people who have lived and returned to the ground before us, where we will soon return to and our words will be heard no more.
This is my humble take on it, i love it so much i even had it put on my rods, I'd much appreciate and constructive criticism any one has on this to help me better understand it.
Handmade boat rods from http://www.dlst.co.uk/ Dave Lumb
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