Lance Kinseth, 2007
On
Top
All this new stuff goes on top
turn it over turn it over
wait and water down.
From the dark bottom
turn it out
let it spread through, silt down,
even.
Watch it sprout.
A mind like compost.
IN AXE HANDLES, poet
Gary Snyder describes an Earthen process that can also be a high mental
process. This mental process can
be optimized by the intention to calm and quiet and slow that is central in
body mind practices such as restorative yoga. The barrage of moment-to-moment stimuli that is “on top” is
not really the heart of the matter. Stilling, turning it over, inviting it to
spread throughout, to silt down, entering and opening the depths, then
recreating, creating, transforming.
No comments:
Post a Comment