Seeing Form as Form
What do you think
When you see the color red?
When you see a shadow?
When you see shiny silver?
When you see a shape?
Can you feel your feet on the ground
As you take each step?
Are you rushing forward,
Or can you appreciate right now?
Does the air touch your skin
In this very space?
Can you take in your experience
And slow down?
Does your mind label
Your every feeling?
Does a feeling arise
With every sight?
Every sound?
Every smell?
Where can freedom be found?
Red is just red
Green is just green
Shadow is just shadow
Silver is silver
Form is just form
The world is alien
The familiar is made new
What was dull is now fresh
The ordinary takes on a different quality
This is training to see
Things as they actually appear
This week, I aspire to try this with my children:
1. Have cameras handy, with fresh batteries and space on memory cards.
2. Ask if they see anything they want to photograph.
3. Encourage them both to choose a photo to print at the end of the week.
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