October 01, 2024 – A

Collecting images "in the field"
was the high point in landscape photogaphy
for me. 

Walking up on them--
which is different from waking upon them,
which sounds like I am treading them
underfoot--
wandering through them,
taking time with them,
bought me to life
in ways that finding
the right word or phrase
does for my writing side.

Joy unfolding by being there, then.
Which is not the same as
exploring/deciding how to present them
with the wonders of Photoshop here, now.
That is a different kind of joy,
but joy, nonetheless.

Which gets us to the crux of the matter:
The joy of doing it 
and the satisfaction of having done it.

Where in your life
have you/do you
find those experiences coming to your rescue
in the ho-hum-hum-drum of existence?

What do you do that brings you to life?
Where do you find life pouring over,
spilling out, running on and on?

Partnering up with our intuition
in living in ways that call us to life
here, now,
is always available to us
as the gift of meditative playfulness
with our circumstances as they develop
around us.

With intuition pulling us into
aspects of our situation 
to startle us with surprise and delight
as things work out before our eyes
in ways we did not foresee 
and could not imagine.

The gifts of intuition keep on coming
in places we least expect it.
And leave us wondering what she is up to now,
and will do next--
and eager to find out!