I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world.  Perhaps I can never achieve the last, but that will be my attempt. I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.

Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Stundenbuch 1899 - 1903.