When I look at the sky at night, I don’t see the work I have to do. I don’t see my chores pressing on me. I don’t see errands that I have to run. I don’t see the people who have small minds and small hearts.I see infinity.
I see a blue-black sky that goes on forever, goes on beyond my comprehension. I see an abyss that holds wonders of color so distant that, despite their massive heat and vibrancy, their light has still not come to where I am. My eyes stretch with my imagination to catch the smallest glimmer of a nebula, a star nursery, a galaxy. I lift my hand to touch. I lift my heart, just because one day I believe that I will see.
Imagine the big picture view of the universe. The color, the amazing variety, the power, the calm and thunder of a system that knows itself, the silence . . . all of these at once can be imagined only as a feeling. What wisdom, what wonder, what fun and joy − to see the universe like an infinite, omniscient garden.
When I look at the sky at night, I see stars and the black abyss that holds them.
I also see as much as I can imagine.
−me strauss Letting me be
One day I would like to sit next to you and look up at the stars and I would like to hear you talk about what you see and feel and I would hope, in that moment, perhaps, I could touch just a little piece of the wonder that is so clear to you.
ReplyDeleteHugs to you Liz. :-)
Oh Trée,
ReplyDeleteYou make such wonder-full imagining of the same things that I write about. I feel like you're already sitting next to me. You've been the same places that I have. I see them in your art and hear them in your writing.
Excellence.
ReplyDeleteThank you, writer mom!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you!
Seeing with the imagination is a wonderful skill. Nothing can block that view except our own limitations.
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn,
ReplyDeleteYes, nothing can block my view except my own filters. I have to remember that I control them. :)
**S**
ReplyDeleteWhen I look at the sky at night, you often pop into my head and I wonder if you're looking too.
Have you noticed the moon in perfect view on Mon & Tues, during the day? I figure you might have seen it, if not..you would have liked it.
Was strange to see the night during the day, left me with a different sort of feeling that I'm sure.. you could put down on paper : ) It was a different sort of Yin/Yang reminder...
Katrina
Hi Katrina,
ReplyDeleteI have been working on something special that has taken my eyes off the sky for a minute, but not my heart off you.
I will write about the yin and the yang tonight if I might. :)