Posted in Summer, tagged colours, contemplation, nature, paint chips, photography, pine needles, writing on June 27, 2012| 9 Comments »
One can only suppose that the colours seen here on this ledge
drowning in pine needles will be available for painting the den or kitchen.
There will be names like Fallen Pine Needle Sienna and much debate
will take place about how to match the trim – Cracked Granite White, perhaps?
It is just another unsuccessful way we try to bring nature into our lives,
instead of taking our lives out into nature.
Posted in Summer, tagged age, contemplation, Earth's age, health, photography, time, writing on June 25, 2012| 1 Comment »
Scientists say the Earth’s age is around 4.5 billion years old.
Others have it pegged at thousands of years, while some say the Earth
has always been here. Any way you look at it, the Earth has been around
an impressive amount of time. And even though it wears its age well,
there is no way to tell how long the Earth will continue on.
But by carefully observing the signs the Earth gives us
we can see its health and, ultimately, our own.
Posted in Summer, tagged contemplation, intent, open your consciousness, photography, see flowers, see stars, turn off your mind, writing on June 22, 2012| 4 Comments »
Look down on the ground and see stars.
Look up in the sky and see flowers.
They are there if you turn off your mind,
open your consciousness
and look with intent.
Posted in Summer, tagged cocoon, contemplation, continue the species, find a mate, Luna moth, photography, poignant existence, sole purpose, writing on June 20, 2012| 8 Comments »
The Luna moth emerges from its cocoon in the morning.
It takes two hours to prepare its wings for flight. Then it has seven days
to find a mate to produce the next generation.
And then it dies.
This hauntingly beautiful creature does not feed, having no mouth.
Its sole purpose is to continue the species;
that, and to grace us with its poignant existence.
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.
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