Question: What places in nature inspire you?
**Musty woods filled with lichen and
fungus, meandering streams babbling over stone, wild flowers that burst from
deep forest mulched earth, the pulse of a clump of soil, the vibrant dialogue
of tall grass, a launch of birds from branches narrow, the song of cricket and
skitter of lizard, the casual toe print of deer at water’s edge, the coolness
of shade and the warmth of sun’s beaming.
Question: Do you have a favorite outdoor
place?
**'Outdoors' is a favorite
place. Away from the dense
electromagnetic currents that buzz and bounce within the walls of a house; from
refrigerator hum to the flush of air conditioner coil, to the dry air of
heaters, to eye-blinding fluorescent lights and brain-numbing television. Away from the filters that alter natural
interaction that interpose between my senses and the sensuous; and those manufactured odors that detract from the budding growth of new vines, the earthy
must of deer, or the clean smell of granite at high noon.
Question: What energies are in balance when
you spend time outdoors in nature?
**The sensation of visceral life –
when I dwell in a places own psyche. By
releasing into the sentient around me – sloughing the outer husk to return the
thread of my being to its primal source – reciprocity becomes spontaneous and
intimate. The rhyme of life unfolds as I
open to the slow step of a hunting heron, open to the quiet breath of a fox,
open to the tumbling leaf as it caresses my face. I deliberately seek out such moments, for
none other is my true home, then that contemplative center where truth is revealed
and all is right in all worlds.
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