Eureka Moment of Joy Beethoven was deaf when writing The Last Quartets but the song stirring in his soul had to fly out as it did in his Ninth Symphony's "Ode to Joy". The child forgets to eat Mom's chocolate cake for he has learned to read, tasting bigger banquets in kingdoms he has flown on the carpet of joy. Raphael's Cherubs search for the perfect circle, Renoir's Child is content, and Klee discovers the root of colors paintings brimming with joy. The juggler has six balls aloft, a mime artist climbs invisible stairs from youth to old age, and the boy with a balloon is jumping with joy. I cannot tell who's more blissful Lao Tzu riding his water buffalo, Buddha with his rice bowl, or Socrates drenched by his wife, still full of joy. Seek and you'll find a buried treasure proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, cure for a disease, and Archimedes' Eureka moment of joy! Peter Y. Chou Stanford, 5-14-2008 inspired my first ghazal on joy |
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