yesterday's storm was wild. we had more rain in a day than we usually see in 6 months. it was dark and dreary, the wind was downright scary and everything was flooded. i was cranky and and as i sat at my worktable, i thought, what should i do today? sometimes rain is nice, but sometimes rain washes away my thoughts.
grab a camera. you can always grab a camera. taking pictures makes you look closer and is a great escape from the bigness of a bad mood. the rain hitting the window made a rhythm. i tried to sing with it. then i noticed how the rivers running down the glass were mimicking the the bare trees. i wondered if the rain had eyes and whether that was intentional. and if the trees had eyes, did they notice?
and then i took a shot through the screens i was too lazy to take down for winter... for a moment i stopped bitching at myself and i saw the scene broken up into squares, but ! wait ! where the rain got trapped...! poof ! part of the picture disappeared. so just like that... there was magic in the day.
sometimes it is good to let your thoughts go. to let them wash way and along with them goes your cloud of answers and ambitions and old ways of seeing things. it is better to live in question mode. i have some new questions about magic today.
