Most of life is not knowing what's coming. I just went through a reorg again at my new (old) job. Who knows what the future will bring as a result. There are always unintended consequences. The adventure continues. Most of the things that affect your life will remain unknown to you. It's scary but interesting too.
The Prompt: Not Knowing
Again this week's prompt comes from the Zen by the Brush book by Myoshi Nancy O'Hara.
"A wild goose
Passing the length of the sky
Casts a shadow
Into the cold water
The goose has no idea
Of leaving a trace,
The water no consciousness
of a shadow striking through."
– Zen Phrase
And again, first task is to sit for a meditation on that for 5-10 minutes or however long you feel is good to you.
The Drawing
My Haiku
…inspired by the drawing.
Shadows of the world
In ceaseless adventure
Life fish in the sky
The Reflection
For some reason when I started thinking about this prompt I remembered a trip I took with some friends up to Clayton, New Mexico, a few weekends ago. My friend Melo was leading a project to drive drones over some dinosaur tracks there and make 3-D map renderings of them. She showed us the dinosaur footprints and tail tracks in detail and we spent a few days exploring the area (which is my Dad's family's terra sancta so I know it's nooks and crannies). One of the things to do up there is to visit Caupulin Volcano and hike the rim. From there we saw a lot of Turkey Vultures; and they literally look like a child's drawing of a bird! An upside down, flying W!! I thought of that when I thought of trying to draw clouds, birds and fish sharing the sky.
Now it's your turn.
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