Posted in Spring, tagged boulder, change, contemplation, impact, influence of weather and time, photography, symbol of permanence, time on Earth, writing on June 18, 2012| 4 Comments »
A boulder, dimpled like a roll of bread dough, has gone through
many changes in its time on Earth. And its craters and undulations
will continue to morph under the influence of weather and time.
Even the seemingly imperceptible impact of leaves from the
neighbouring trees bring some minute change
to this human symbol of permanence.
Posted in Spring, tagged acceptance, beach, change, contemplation, control, moon, ocean, photography, stones, tide, weather, writing on June 15, 2012| 7 Comments »
The ocean scatters stones across the beach and they stay there
for an indeterminate amount of time. As long as the seas are calm,
the stones will rest there. The next aggressive tide will pull them into
the sea or bury them in sand. The moon, the tide, the ocean, the weather
are all events beyond the control of the stones. They speckle the beach
with a carefree appearance indicating their acceptance
of what they cannot change.
Posted in Spring, tagged attrition, breakdowns, contemplation, evolution, natural death, old age, photography, robust health, writing, youth on June 13, 2012| 6 Comments »
A natural death occurs in tiny bites and bruises and breakdowns.
It is a slow-as-molasses wearing away of the robustness of health and vigour;
an erosion of the physical state along a seemingly infinite continuum of
youth to old age. If you are fortunate enough to live to be elderly,
you will wear this attrition on your body in a variety of ways.
However old you are, promise yourself now that you will accept this
as gracefully as possible and stand tall in your evolution.
Posted in Spring, tagged architects, contemplation, designers, enchanting, magic, photography, screens, special effects, stages, writing on June 11, 2012| 3 Comments »
Magic occurs naturally in the forest. These enchanting colours, shapes and
scenes are often replicated on streets, stages and screens
in the world outside of nature. We marvel at the ingenuity of
architects, designers, special effects people and the like
but when was the last time you really marvelled
at what happens spontaneously in our natural world?
Posted in Spring, tagged colour, contemplation, earth, fervent artist, interpret, photography, texture, wild strokes, work of art, writing on June 8, 2012| 1 Comment »
It is easy to imagine the wild strokes of a fervent artist slashing across
the canvas that is our Earth. This artist paints with colour, of course,
but also with light and texture and sound and smell and emotion.
This work of art, our Earth, is at once easily interpreted by all who stop
to simply appreciate it and totally incomprehensible
to anyone attempting to deconstruct its artistic merits.
Posted in Spring, tagged contemplation, ghostly bed, photography, sleep forever, spider, spirits, web, writing on June 6, 2012| 7 Comments »
A spider has woven a ghostly bed
with spirit sheets and pillows of dew,
beckoning a fly to sleep forever.
Posted in Spring, tagged celebratory outbursts, contemplation, explosion of life, impossible odds, photography, seeds germinate, small miracles, writing on June 4, 2012| 4 Comments »
Plants are the celebratory outbursts of seeds that have
successfully germinated. Look at this explosion of life,
shooting up from barren rock, wildly proclaiming victory
over seemingly impossible odds: the deposit of enough organic matter
to sustain life; the serendipitous placement of a seed
in just the right location; access to sunlight and water,
yet protection from lethal elements – and then, this eruption of life
climbing to the sky. Small miracles, indeed.
Posted in Spring, tagged contemplation, decision, glowing tree, implication, photography, possibility of beauty, radiate sunlight, window on the world, writing on June 1, 2012| 4 Comments »
Each step you take in life offers a unique window on the world.
One step further and the pine tree will not radiate sunlight at you;
one step back and the birches won’t frame the glowing tree.
This is the implication of every step you take in your life;
that your journey can be heavy with decision.
The antidote to this is that every step also offers
the possibility of even more beauty.
Posted in Spring, tagged contemplation, fully spent, layers of interest, lived well, perfect form, photography, rain, sun, wind, writing on May 30, 2012| 2 Comments »
If at the end of your life you arrive fully spent, then you have lived well.
If you are whipped by the wind, burnt by the sun, lashed by the rain
or otherwise well marked by the experiences you’ve weathered,
then you have taken all that life has given you and used it
to add layers of interest to your once blandly perfect form.
Posted in Spring, tagged apple tree, contemplation, experience the now, fungus, photography, sensory occurrences, writing on May 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
At what point does this situation change from being a tree bearing some fungus
to a mass of fungus on a dying tree? These seemingly static points of change
are the content of our present moments and they show us how to experience
the now. It does not occur from instant to instant, but instead,
as a flowing trail of sensory occurrences.
Your now is as big or small as your awareness allows.
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