Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude--they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than physical conditioning, had to be stored up before a race. ↗
For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect. ↗
Some music has words, and rock had words that at times aspired to poetry, but the words were always sounds first, spoken to the body before the mind. ↗