Wednesday, October 26, 2011

leaving the beginning behind


we wind
and then we unwind
our hands flinging first skyward
and then earthwards -
each lost in our own small dance


the music i listened to while writing these words is by omar faruk tekbilek: "whirling dervish"

14 comments:

Elisabeth said...

Those outward reaching leaves could be people in a maypole dance. Wrong season perhaps but I hope you get the image. It attempts to meet your words.

steven said...

do you know elisabeth - this little plant is growing underneath a car. when i saw it i was so astonished. it receives sun a couple of hours a day and then lives in shadow for the rest of the day. water arrives through the rain. its body suggested a reaching up and reaching down to me. unconcerned with its challenges or unlikeliness. steven

Valerianna said...

I wonder what the sound track is to these words?

Friko said...

and in perfect symmetry too!

one of nature's little miracles.

Linda Sue said...

a burst of green sunshine, Mr. sunshine!
Loving the grasses in the header, also! Rich and warm!

erin said...

isn't this absolutely and succinctly the truth!

xo
erin

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steven said...

valerianna - ahhh! how wonderful. i can tell you. by adding it to the post. thankyou so much for asking. steven

steven said...

friko - i love symmetry!!! steven

steven said...

linda sue - a burst of sunshine tucked away in an unlikely place. bumped my head taking the pic actually! steven

steven said...

erin - yes in the little world i know it is!! steven

Ruth said...

I am almost always dancing inside, but I need to dance physically too. Growing up without it, it doesn't come naturally. But I will dance with my grandson, a lot.

Valerianna said...

Ah HA! Never could have guessed, but I LOVE that piece of music and used to listen to it all the time... now where IS that CD so I can share it with my students Monday. Or, maybe for some, I'm inflicting music on them.... I guess I can see some of the gifts of mp3s vs. cds, but, like books, I think I'll always love the hard copy.

steven said...

valerianna - i have a largish collection of cds but to be truthful, they aren't played as often as the music on my ipods which are of the largish storage capacity kind and which are linked into a really nice dock. it's different. see i come from the time when you bought 45's and albums and there was the thin plastic film that you cracked and then the liner notes and the gatefold sleeves and all of the sensory and emotive pieces that go with that. but now i am grateful for the amazing music alone and have learned to live without all the complimentary peripherals. i do miss them though! steven