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i opened the sketch book.    it's been a while.    and here was where i'd left off.     Sat      looking.    Liking this.   Very Much.    and then,  Out of the Blue,    i wondered……what If?,    these figures were                 animated.      Like…..stood up,   and began 

Doing        things.?      What would they        do?       Is it possible that i might be able to draw that?   as in    repeat the drawing of this Entity i called    Imagination    in some kind of continuing way?      "her",  i know i could       but…..Imagination?    This is a huge question      and i want to know more about it…..what does it mean that i'm asking?,   could i possibly DO IT?    

so i  carried these questions as i went into the day….which was in the Garden.   on the weekend i'd found some abandoned fencing that i'd been hoping for…..to make Trellis for the cucumbers and the lone Green Bean that came up from seed…..but it had been rolled tight  and didn't want to straighten.   And if i'd been someone else,  i would  have weighed it down  on a place of level ground…maybe rocks?…….and stretched it square by square  flat    but…..i am not someone else,  so i began the Struggle,  trying to pound the Fence Staples in with a hammer,   hold the first end in place long enough to stretch it a little without having it snap back into it's  familiar coiled form and in that,   decapitating,  or totally ripping off the entire body of the  seedling plants…..it's too much to try to describe.    But at one point i thought…..too bad  this is not some kind of TikTok   or something….it would go Viral…..this old woman in deep challenge with fencing,  not giving up   not giving up    and finally DOING IT   by also tying string guy lines out from the top of the fencing ,   out    to other staples hammered into the ground ,    with string…    to ease the pressure    3 hours  but got it done.   Enough for today.    Plants are safe.   OR,  i think so.    and lesson learned..    I'd thought….no need to put up the trellis before i set the seedlings in,   it takes them a while to reach vining …..because i couldn't find the fencing….but that didn't take into account the WILL of the fencing…..the vulnerability of the seedlings.       Maybe by next year i will have    learned       that  just pushing ahead isn't the greatest idea.    go  slow.   To   go slow.   Mindfully.   

 

and i've finished the above.    Sit here.   In the dark.    there is this soft rushing sound of wind.   Minnow is dreaming…her legs twitching,   she makes small sounds…..                go back to the beginning.   Imagination.    What would this Entity have been doing as i was deep into the struggle with the fencing?    I'll close my eyes and see what comes….but right away,   ……..   there is no  "speech"…….Imagination,  They,   have no audible speech.    They  "speak"  in mind image…transmission of images.   mind to mind.     and by gesture,   by Doing.     ok.    but,   wait!   They do make some kind of humming  sound.        ok.     enough for now.

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6 responses to “what If?”

  1. Nancy Avatar

    Oh yes, an unfolding. 🙂
    You remind me of Jude’s fluttering being on her blog – her drawing animated. Such talent you guys. Grace I will always remain amazed at how you express such a depth of emotions with some pencil lines. Such a gift.

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  2. jude Avatar
    jude

    yeah, let it flow.

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  3. Deb G Avatar

    Love… 🙂

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  4. CatherinE Avatar

    Wrestling with fencing, the Entity was with you through that.

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  5. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Imagination.. the mind puts ideas.. images.. into thought filled motion, then spins that captured motion into processes.. a stationary drawing evoking an entire story.
    Your gardening adventure played out in my minds theater. Love your persistence.

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  6. Saskia van Herwaarden Avatar

    Humming sounds just about right.
    Would have loved to watch your epic fencing!

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