"A Spirit of Daedal"

A random line in the middle of one of Robert Frost's journal pages.  Surrounded by bits and pieces of thoughts about the teaching of successful speech to children:  "A Spirit of Daedal."

Daedal?  According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of daedal dates back to 1590.

It seems to have various meanings, including skillful and artistic.

 Etymology: Latin daedalus, from Greek daidalos).

Aah, those Greeks.

Daedalus:  The mythological prisoner who fashioned wings of feathers and wax to escape from the island of Crete with his son Icarus (remember that kid who flew too close to the sun?). But it was as an architect and sculptor, one said to have designed a labyrinth for King Minos on Crete, that he earned his name. Daedalus (from Greek daidalos) is Latin for "skillfully wrought."

Examples of daedal in a sentence:  The daedal workings of the chiming clock are a marvel to behold.

Frost later adds on the same journal page that, "Evidence that the spirit is there in the first place is in the bubbling of children."

I might add that evidence of the spirit is also in we adults who have the bubbling spirit of children.

Admittedly, Greek Mythology is beyond my scope of knowledge, but I do like the idea of having the "Spirit of Daedal" bubbling inside of me.

Have a great weekend.  Go out and skillfully wrought something with the Spirit of Daedal.

Carpe diem Life,
David Kuhn