We, with words and pointing fingers, gradually make the
world our own -- (though) perhaps its weakest, more precarious
part.
Rainer Marie Rilke 'Sonnets to Orpheus', in (ed. ) The Selected Poetry
of Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. Stephen Mitchell) London: Picador, 1982
(orig. 1923), p. 318
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Fiona Jeffrey
Snowy and Scarlet
oil on canvas 152cm x 161cm
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