on the day of my leaving cuba, the skies were wistful and threadbare
closer to the earth the very tiny joy that is a flower
held me close
and then i left
coming to terms
16 hours ago
Sunday, April 17, 2011
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Steven, I think the clouds were trying to keep you their in a gauzy hold, and the periwinkle kissed and smiled you good-bye. Those clouds are inspiring and soothing. The second image is so evocative, an eye . . .
hi ruth - i thought that very thought at the moment i saw the clouds. but then solipsism is a thread - a thin one mind you - but a thread all the same that floats as free in the space of me as those beautiful clouds!!!! i felt so lucky to see them - they were so fragile and disappeared at the moment i looked down where i was walking and saw the little periwinkle. steven
steven, a sky to remember, indeed. The little periwinkle, a small token of farewell.
oa.s
As I read this and looked at your images of clouds and the tiny flower I'm so grateful that we have the ability to take photographs to remember the beauty we encounter in our days. And even more, to share them with others.
beautiful wispy sky
oa.s, the little tokens are the ones i favour most. steven
joanna - thankyou for observing this sometimes overlooked fortune! i'm so glad to know people like yourself who bring beauty and insight to my world. thankyou. steven
ellen - i like turbulent or wispy. the in-betweens have their own attractions but the extremes draw me closer. steven
I think your tiny periwinkle is a beautiful messenger.
The five-pointed flower brings to mind the five elements of The Tao...fire (or sun), earth, water, wood (or green growing things), and metal. All are needed to attain perfect harmony.
I think you found it in Cuba.
Its a fact - we have to leave to come back - parting is such sweet sorrow.
Those clouds look like how I envision a dream as it begins to melt into wakening.
What a pretty flower! Thanks for our mini-vacation!
Wow that sky - everything about Cuba was wishing you would stay. Can't blame it!
jo thanks for your insight. everything points to a deeper mapping but i can't always follow the paths. it's good to have friends with flashlights! steven
radcliffe - that's so very true and especially so for this boy who feels sad every morning he says goodbye to his family. steven
hope i'm glad so many cool people like you could come along and experience the little moments of my seeing and remembering. steven
reya - it's still echoing around in my body and then also in my daily life. not so much the lounging around as the energy there. steven
I love your description of the skies as
"wistful and threadbare"
those pics are AMAZING.
I kid you not, I have a pic of a 5-pointed wild rose I took last summer that I was mulling over recently. It is pink too.
Fantastic post Steven, thank you.
liza thankyou!!! post the 5-pointed wild rose . . . please! steven
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