painting Douglas Murray

Does then the cosmic space we dissolve in taste of us? said Rilke . In the recent interview, Douglas promised to write his next piece on the poem Ithaca Poem by Constantine P. Cavafy, which is as always I find myself being moved by As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery ... Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey. Without her you wouldn’t have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.