Love letter – 1

I was walking around with you last night after sitting by the last. You pointed out the character of a tree, “I’d like to draw that tree someday.”

I was a little taken aback… A dimension of you I did not know about had just surfaced. You shared the vision of a shared studio/office space. I realized how much you, like me, had been stifling a part of us because of a lack of space, physical – mental – emotion, whatever and probably to some degree all three.

I commented on the unique leaves of the yellow flowering plant. You said you had been curious about that when were driving in. Your focus is so much what I recall my own to be. Through getting a glimpse of what it is like to see through your eyes I felt something that is difficult to describe. Affection barely scrapes the surface. It feel more like an ancient peacefully beautiful memory.

The previous day you were commenting on the sounds “Just crickets {that’s all I want to hear} – and here, I guess the falls.”. Something I have struggled about for years. Finding silence in the din of life – in particular, road noise. It is almost like nails on a chalk board. By shutting it out – I shut down some sense that also enjoys other aspects of life.. it’s a bit sad and to hear you say that made me feel so warm.

I hope we find that silence and yet rich experience of all of life together.