Jacob’s Ladder by dochtersions
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Hello dear friends,
This fractal I made a while ago, I thought it might be appropriate in connection with upcoming Pentecost.
It's made with Apophysis, without adding another operation.
Haha, how I managed it, I wouldn't know anymore.
Then I made a poem, first you see the English version, then the Dutch.
Thank you for your visit, as well as for maybe a comment, both is very much appreciated.
The very best wishes for everyone, I hope you're doing well, haha at least better than I'm doing.
"I struggle and come up again occasionally". A persiflage on "Lucto et Emerge". ;-)
Love, Jacomina.
Jacob’s Ladder
A ladder
to the Source
where once
life began
to count
in days —
joy and sorrow
to carry along the way.
One rung up,
sometimes one down —
wrestling
with questions
of meaning:
a ladder in layers,
a metaphor,
a vision.
A ladder to the Source,
if only it could be...
a coming and going
of angels, set free,
protection from higher ground
for every soul, the world around.
A ladder to climb,
with every rung
more peace is found —
in higher values
and truths to be,
where Love takes root
eternally.
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Jacobs ladder.
Een ladder
naar de Bron
waar ooit
het leven begon
te tellen
in dagen
vreugde en leed
om te dragen.
Een trede omhoog,
soms een tree lager —
het worstelen
met vragen
over zingeving:
een ladder in lagen,
een metafoor,
een visioen.
Een ladder naar de Bron,
als dat eens kon...
een komen en gaan
van engelen, rondom,
bescherming van hogerhand
voor eenieder, in elk land.
Een ladder om te bestijgen,
met iedere trede
meer vrede —
in hogere normen
en waarden,
waarin Liefde puur
mag aarden.
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#Fractal, #Apophysis, #Spiritual, #Poem, #flowers, #ladder, #colorful.
Comments (10)
Mies, een zeer originele en mooie fractal, de design is abstract en complex, fraai ingekleurd. Hou van de tekst. Sorry dat ik je nog geen bericht heb gestuurd, maar komt wel !!Veel groetjes!!!
Dankjewel, lieve Etiënne. En neem gerust de tijd, je kan beter van jouw prachtige tuin genieten dan naar mij schrijven. ;-)
Nicely done!
Thank you, Joe!
Very fitting Visualization and poetic Words!
Thank you so much, my friend!
Splendid creation and vibrant colours!
Thank you so much, my friend!
Beautiful picture and a very touching poem! I tried even to read the dutch version too to better understand the poem and I like it.
Thank you very much, and so special that you read it in Dutch. Really, such a lovely surprise!
Once again, this is a very impressive poem, and very fitting for Pentacost. I like how you envision Jacob's ladder (up to heaven) as a journey deeper into the soul. And I'm amazed, again, at your translating dutch into english, and how you created rhyme in both: Ie, "bescherming van hogerhand/ voor eenieder, in elk land." In English, it became: "protection from higher ground/ for every soul, the world around." You chose English words that rhymed--and they still captured the general meaning of the dutch. That's something translators work on forever...that's why there are so many translations of the masterworks of literature---it's so hard to capture one language in another. And where rhyme is involved, it's even harder.
Your journey here includes going up and down---both---as happens in all human growth. ("Sometimes you have to walk down a bit, before you can go up even higher...") And it includes joy and sorrow, gain and loss, etc "a ladder in layers, a metaphor, a vision". And the 'top' of the ladder is the Source too...climbing to the sky to reach the beginning...
You also have other forms of rhyme in both languages: Alliteration---"een ladder in lagen/ a ladder in layers"...(two "L"s in each line). The dutch uses a lot of repeated grammatical forms too, I presume (the "en" endings) that create rhyme and poetic repetition. I wish I knew all the meanings of these words: I'm sure it would be even richer. As you said, there are several meanings in a lot of words in your language. My amateur translations can't give me all the variations, unfortunately.
And you composed this in small lines---like the small steps of a ladder! (Nicely done, Jacomina!) We climb the poem the way one climbs the ladder.
Your image shows a ladder, and it's surrounded by "wreaths," and flying flowers. It's as if the whole universe were celebrating the ladder. (Well, Jacob's ladder should be celebrated by heaven. It's a visionary thing.) It's almost like two huge magnets which "bend space" around them---all those lines around the ladder(s) are like energy-lines reacting to the magnets' power. A beautiful image and poem, celebrating J's ladder, and the season of the first harvest (the original meaning of the day) as well the mystical meaning in Christianity, and it's significance to the whole world. Beautifully done.
Dear Mark, I'm so pleasantly surprised as you, both the fractal and the poem, a kind of studied/viewed, and think about it. That you take the time for that is really special. And, yes, it's a lot of thinking to convert Dutch into a decent English, and then in the end, after a very long 'search' I'm satisfied; At least, then I have to be satisfied. ;-)
I can work on this for so long, and I think it's a shame that Dutch expressions are impossible to translate. But I like challenges, haha, I suspect that you have this too, both as a writer as a musician, etc. Again, I'm very happy with your words, Mark, and also with your explanation. Thank you so much, my friend!
Your poetry has moved me more than you will ever know. As well this image fits well in givinging different perspectives on what is, is no matter how you perceive. Reminds me we are all different yet alike. Ou are such a gift that I am list for words . Please except my gratitude and thanks so much for you and your sharing of your talents. We are truly gifted with that. Never forget that! XoxoTree
Dear Therese, thank you so much for your deeply touching words, you did me feel better. Thank you for being you, my friend!
This is so pretty and colourful! Love the poem too :)
Thank you, my friend. :)