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Inspiring Visit
With Cyndie home for the weekend, and the weather almost summer-like, we let our hearts lead us to the one thing we both felt drawn toward: a visit with the horses. We were doubly rewarded to find kindred spirits present with a similar agenda of wanting to just be with the horses. Inspired conversation blossomed on a variety of topics related to learning, ranging from Cyndie’s current situation in Boston, to the opportunities available beyond the conventional (outside the box) to provide meaningful lessons to the full range of styles of learning and processing information.
As I stood back, observing the verbal explorations, I witnessed the horses reaction to the changing dynamics of the conversation. When I pulled out the camera in attempt to capture what I was seeing, the animals reacted and the scene was altered, but for some time, there were two horses, in particular, that stood at the fence with ears forward, fully absorbing the vocal exchanges.
It was beautiful to witness the similar interest to be in each other’s company. The people wanted to be with the horses, and the horses wanted to be with the people.
Out of the conversations of the afternoon, one enticing tidbit for me was the idea of learning equine body language and, more importantly, how human body language is interpreted by horses. The teachings of Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling was referenced. After we got home, I watched a video of Klaus dancing with a horse and immediately recognized this as appearing strikingly similar to how Ian Rowcliffe, in Portugal, looks when he interacts with his horses.
It is inspiring, to say the least.
Paper Scenery
Am I sentimental about our wallpaper? I didn’t think so, but now, having none to look at, I’ve become aware of how often it held my gaze. I did capture a few pictures before it was all gone… Something moved me to save this one as black and white.
Happenstance Recompense
I decided to make some art out of that pile of hardware I pulled out of the walls last weekend. Things I like about this image include the strange variety of screws, nails and hangers; the depth of field that was captured; and the star burst reflection of sunlight that appeared on the edge of that one device. All happenstance, drawn from a moment of snap-shots in the middle of chores. The spontaneous and random actions sometimes produce rewarding results. I find I enjoy them more than times when I intentionally aim to achieve a certain result.
Night Snow
Snow fall is so rare around here this winter, it becomes a major happening. The other night, as inches actually accumulated, I was drawn to step out into the darkness to experience the thrill.
Now I must go and prepare the house for a visit from Cyndie. I will go directly from work this afternoon to pick her up at the airport. I had the pleasure of speaking with her on the phone last night and I explained that I needed to go around the house and take down the pin-up girl posters and get the beer out of the refrigerator and get rid of all the cigars and ashtrays. She laughed.
Perfect. She doesn’t suspect a thing. 🙂
Relative Something 