Yesterday morning I noticed the bubbles on the inside of my water jar. Bubbles that had formed overnight. Something about them begged a picture. And that “something” quickly became more–became an idea illustrating for me the importance of really seeing how things are. The difference between simply looking and really seeing. How things are in relationship to themselves, in relationship to environment–in relationship to global systems. And even the relationship of various dimensions. How things fit together in this world, in this life.
The bubbles up close
Through the water
from a distance
And then, from the garden, a potato:
but not just a potato–a very large potato. And for the sake of scale, it’s important to me that I show the potato in relationship:
I’m realizing an old tendency–one that has not always served me well– to form “story” based on just a snippet of what I see, or what I think I know. I’m looking at this. Noticing how I feel when I focus on parts only. Noticing how I feel when I focus on the whole. Part and/or whole. Realizing I don’t have to create story based upon either/or, this or that. Because in fact, it’s always BOTH.
So cloth–represents this for me. Detail. Components. Parts. Integration. Whole cloth.
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same for me i think…..didn’t realize how big this was.
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hi Jude. isn’t it funny? how impressions change once context is added. and the potato. no comments about it–but it was HUGE. and i ate it last night.
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exactly..but finding out the tee size made me smile..immediately , spontaneously happy to see it unfurled..welcome home…
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hi cynthia! help me out here. “tee size?” i didn’t understand that.
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oops above from cynthia ..who is still imagining the warmth of the hot springs….
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oooh, I like! Both the words and the cloth.
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hi you. help me out–i love to put a name to a comment. guess that just harkens back to more context. thanks for commenting.
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What fiun, love the way you revealed a little at a time.
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that was serendipitous–the gradual revealing. sometimes it doesn’t present that way. so glad you’re here debbie.
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Very thoughtful post. It’s got me thinking about how being the observer might even change things. And perfect illustration with your cloth. I wasn’t expecting the details to all be part of the whole there.
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i know almost NO THING about quantum physics–but the one little snippet that sticks in my mind is the discovery that the observer’s thoughts/perceptions etc changes the way “things” respond. that idea just totally thrills me. and overwhelms me.
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i have been carrying the images of the water bubbles with me since i first saw it. Sometimes when working with the fence wire, my mind wanders to that first image.
And what an exercise it is to see, all the Ways of Seeing, to make that become
more of the way of Going…..i want that. I want to acquire that kind of seeing as almost
ritual.
i love the bird there. This being is for me what August feels like. August, the most
intense month of the year.
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yes, i also move towards that way of seeing…that way of going. finally.
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and the potato………….oh, what i wouldn’t give for this potato. they are so crisp and juicy…oh, Sigh
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i was amazed at the DIFFERENCE between this potato and store bought. more amazing even than the difference between store bought vs home grown tomatoes. crisp. juicy. almost-without-starch. you’re the first to mention the potato. i’m not surprised. really, for me it was the miracle of this post!
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