![]() The very name Annie suggests a homespun background, and the rural Virginia location of Tinker Creek affirms that the author must be a countrywoman. Dillard only from ''Pilgrim'' are going to get some surprises. ![]() She continues to see beyond the visible in her autobiography, ''An American Childhood.'' This woman is either unusually sensitive or prone to exaggeration, the Of three Canada geese to land on her frozen duck pond. In the meditative book ''Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,'' she saw the coming of God in the attempt She may or may not see auras - but she invariably sees something beyond what is just there. Somewhat like a guinea?' 'O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying, ''Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.'' ' ''Īnnie Dillard is one of Blake's company. '' 'What,' it will be questioned, 'when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire ![]() One of William Blake's more famous passages describes his reaction to sunrise, as opposed to the response of ordinary Englishmen. Such a talent greatly increases the power, majesty, drama and interest of this humdrum world. SeptemHer Inexhaustable Mind By NOEL PERRIN ![]()
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