“…I must finish by acting.” (Thoreau)
April 17, 2009
Comments from Ben Behunin, potter, and author of Remembering Isaac, The Wise and Joyful Potter of Niederbipp
“IN THINKING ABOUT IT TODAY AS I SAT AT MY WHEEL MAKING BOWLS, I realized your book is a mnemonic device! I am sure you already are aware of that, but it finally hit me. Your writing is beautiful, descriptive, and yet also abstract…”
“I wanted you to know that your book really makes me think. It causes ideas to blossom, and dreams to occur—it is indeed a threshold into another world. It is that piece of mirror you describe in your treasure box. It is seeping into my subconscious; and arousing, creating thought. I am still only half way through Chapter 5. I am a slow reader anyway, but your book causes me to read even slower, wanting to suck the marrow out of it. Thank you for sharing it.”
“I recently came across a Thoreau quote I like. ‘A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.’”
Ben Behunin’s Book may be viewed >HERE
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what a great thought by our friend Thoreau! and what can anyone add to that? thanks Ben for your kind words and for teaching me.