Tag Archive for: Gerard Manley Hopkins

“Rope which has been twisted and then unraveled”

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In many ways I think of my life and writing in terms of Gerard Manley Hopkins' line, as "a length of rope which has been twisted and then unraveled."

Selving: Let mystery remain

The act of selving is poet Gerard Manley Hopkins' idea of (and invented word for) the crucial human act of becoming one's self. My brother George and I came to realize over the decades that although we are brothers we found our true selves on different paths.