07/12/10
Just as I watch the crow’s feathers being ruffled by the
ocean breeze to reveal the soft white plumage that hides beneath their thick
black feathers I am reminded how I too have many layers. Practice is going well and with each day I
feel my body opening to new possibilities and as my body receives these new
possibilities it lets go of tensions and tightness. I am feeling that the freedom of my body is
cleaning my mind. As my body moves
easier into these shapes my mind slowly untangles and lets go of tensions and
tightness that it too has been holding on to.
I wrote this a couple of days ago when the sun was setting:
Tears fill my eyes, I’m not sad, it’s my heart, it’s so
full, it’s bursting at the seams – either it will explode in my chest or I
allow the overspill to role water from my eyes. It’s the red cloud at
Sunset. It’s beyond words…………The words ‘pink’ ‘orange’ ‘yellow’
‘purple’ ‘blue’ seem shameful in describing such an event. The wet sand
on the shore is fluorescent with glow, from my watch point I am quiet, still
and insignificant feeling like a grain of sand. The tiny birds seem to
skate across the flat moist sand like it is a rainbow ice rink. The ball
in the sky is disguised by dense blocks of colour, the words ‘sun’ and ‘clouds’
don’t match what my eyes are looking at – Angels hair wisps, water colour
swirls, foamy density, oily pigment, waxy shine with a matte finish!! Two
dimensional and at the same time infinitely dimensional. Watery and
solid! The shapes play hide and seek with my eyes, constantly
changing. When the fiery ball peeps below the mass of purple cotton wool
it is like pure nectar - juicy and dripping from the heavens. There
is no denying its seduction; its red hot display makes everybody stare in awe
stuck admiration. I turn and exchange a glance with a women just down the
beach; we smile and nod acknowledging the beauty of the free light show.
I feel like I can almost reach out to embrace the beautiful red cloud at
Sunset…………He is so close…………..
