Fairly narrow
Comforting illusion
Stripped away
As the day progresses, thoughts run in abstract directions, interacting with what is made available within a given space and time. Such emotional content engenders a visible reality whose existence can be suggested.
“Abstract ideas are the patterns two or more memories have in common.” – Rudolf Flesch
Exquisite scenery
Weather uncertain
Self contained groove
Out walking by myself, exploring the shores of the Chesapeake Bay during the dead of winter, was extremely satisfying. Moving across the landscape on long observational walks remains a meaningful activity fueling the intellect.
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck
High altitude
Cold climate change
Environmental exercise
Sometimes natural processes appear so beautifully aesthetic that they seem to be intentional. This aesthetic dimension is fundamentally infused into the pattern of existence.
“Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in this topsy-turvy world of ours, it’s that it’s pointless to try to steer this crazy roller coaster ride called Life, so you might as well just hold on.” – Neil Peart
Sudden memories
Controlled environment
Existential manifesto
Certain natural processes remain potent aesthetic forces stretching over a long period of validity. Although the concept that knowledge develops through continuous research fuels the artist, some inherent spiritual essence underpins the quest as an essential core.
“I think that the best kind of change, is the change that comes from the inside and begins it’s way out until it emerges on the outside; a change that is born underneath then continues and spreads until it has reached the surface.” – C. JoyBell C.
Suitably scenic
Plumb the depths
Desire a-rambling
Temporary atmospheric conditions influence feelings and aesthetic response. Observing nature and weather pass by the side window, the conscious component of experience appreciates quotidian life.
“Overall, the same mantra continues to apply: keep moving.” – Neil Peart
Shape shifting
Thought pattern
Light plays across
The beach elicits a relaxed and natural peacefulness, rejuvenating mind and body. Sensitive to the beautiful varieties of ambient light and sound, the total scene tends to promote an active calmness.
“Sustained effort ends in effortless being. One must enter into the rhythm of one’s own true nature.” – Ananda Moyi Ma
Looking forward
Enjoyable engagement
Within the background
Revealing action on the stage nearby, escape is imminent in motion no farther away than beyond the trees.
“That road doesn’t really have a destination, of course, but there are some nice views along the way, and that’s what did me good.” – Neil Peart
Time and distance
Inevitable changes
Carrying on
Knowing that certain things are true does not assure acceptance. Nevertheless, expect organic adaptation to new circumstances.
“We can’t change what is, or its effects on us and our view of life.” – Neil Peart
Whatever was
Assumption element
Former life
Moving within the pattern of nature, meditation often seems to revolve around crucial aspects of existence. Starting with the essentials, things begin anew every day.
“Then maybe I’ll stop and look around at the scenery, with a freshly smoothed-out brain.” – Neil Peart
Passing today
White noise
All the way
Recycling the periodic rhythm, while in it for the long haul, seasons come and go with regularity.
“Feelings of anticipation bring back that childhood sense of Time; its incomprehensible linearity, how unreal there seems from here, in either direction.” – Neil Peart