{"id":3694,"date":"2018-05-22T21:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T04:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2018-05-22T22:22:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T05:22:35","slug":"in-the-eyes-of-a-dumb-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/in-the-eyes-of-a-dumb-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Eyes of a Dumb Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the eyes of a dumb beast<\/span>
\n I glimpsed deep peace,<\/span>
\nnature\u2019s impartial feast
\noffered up without surcease.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

To fear all creatures respond.<\/span>
\nYet animals kn<\/span>ow how<\/span>
\n on the hunt to browse<\/span>
\n on the here and now,<\/span>
\n which tastes of nothing beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Rainer Maria Rilke\u00a0<\/b>(original in French, Vergers n\u00b0 54 Pl\u00e9iade<\/em> p. 1007)<\/span><\/p>\n

J\u2019ai vu dans l\u2019\u0153il animal
\n<\/i>la vie paisible qui dure,
\n<\/i>le calme impartial
\n<\/i>de l\u2019imperturbable nature.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

La b\u00eate conna\u00eet la peur ;
\n<\/i>mais aussit\u00f4t elle avance
\n<\/i>et sur son champ d\u2019abondance
\n<\/i>broute une pr\u00e9sence,
\n<\/i>qui n\u2019a pas le go\u00fbt d\u2019ailleurs.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I stare often into the eyes of my boy cat Khaki, wondering what he is thinking about, if he even sees me looking back. This poem by Rilke has helped me understand he may be looking at something other than myself.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the eyes of a dumb beast I glimpsed deep peace, nature\u2019s impartial feast offered up without surcease. To fear all creatures respond. Yet animals know how on the hunt to browse on the here and now, which tastes of nothing beyond. After Rainer Maria Rilke\u00a0(original in French, Vergers n\u00b0 54 Pl\u00e9iade p. 1007) J\u2019ai … <\/p>\n

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