A step into the wilderness with no path in sight, the only certainty is the next crunch of leaves.
One can’t see the forest for the trees without first seeing a tightly sealed version of the world. Each stick of bark aggregates into a sum of parts individually wrapped and bending into each other — passing signals above the shrubby floor.
Nature holds the strongest connection.
For better or worse, humans have the elemental need to keep moving on terra firma. Unlike water running effortlessly over rocks, we force progress by messing up the Earth that feeds us.
We put our minds in the void and bleed design everywhere. Restless, the mind and energy keep going. Life is one big party.
We build societies, unplanned, over and over again “on top of ruins“, sucked into history. While humans may be disorderly, at least the cosmos tells the truth. Now we have to consider the unexpected and negotiate for a vastly more dependable calm.
For every action, there’s a reaction. Thankfully, while the left brain remains fixated on the individual trees, the right brain plants new ones. Growth by giving back also flows from brain to brain, in accord with more universal vibrations.
As they say, “the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”