On being part of something bigger

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It can be tough going when we feel it’s all down to us. Yet, in reality, it’s rarely that simple. Perhaps we need to look around and see the others. “It’s helpful to work as if the project you’re engaged in is bigger than you.” + Rick Rubin, in The Creative Act: A Way of … Read more

No more careless looking

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Will we respond to today’s invitation to really see? To pay attention with different eyes and notice what has been there all along? Cherishing the sight. After all, we don’t see deeply with our minds. Pause. See. Re-story.

Fresh sight from the quiet edge

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Following yesterday’s post, What does this time ask of me? I recalled a phrase I was drawn to a while ago: fresh sight from the quiet edge. So I carried it with me while walking across the hillside after feeding the alpacas. Expecting to see something… FINDINGS AT THE QUIET EDGE At the quiet edge,away … Read more

Seeing is different to looking

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We can focus our eyes in a specific direction or even search for something particular. But that doesn’t mean we are seeing it. Seeing involves opening ourselves, not just our eyes. And the act of seeing, of engaging, changes us. Are we seeing, or are we just looking? Pause. See. Re-story.