Stream of uncounsciousness

[vaneramos]

You came to the river for wisdom? You're on the wrong track. Old Joe was wrong. The cold, dark river don't know sumpin'.

Unreasoning, unfeeling Eramosa! It keeps on rolling, alright. Keeps leaching winter cold and poison out of these Wellington County hills. Do not superimpose your contemporary human concept of magic onto the inscrutable stream that has carved its way since the last Ice Age.

Philosophically bankrupt, I sat and gazed at the stubborn, mercurial surface. A reflected tree danced before my eyes, bare limbs undulating erotically. I wanted the movement to mean something.

Sentient creatures, we project mindfulness upon the unthinking world. Some posit that humans have evolved to guide our world to a level of higher consciousness.

It's a transparent rationalization for our inveterate meddlesomeness. The planet does not need our ideas, does not not need them. We are a part, peculiar but inessential.

The dancing tree distracted me. All consciousness flowed into my eyes. Fingers manipulated the camera. I stopped reasoning for an ecstatic moment, better than any coherent maxim I could pronounce.

I declare the benefit of unconsciousness! This is my own thought for the day, not the river's. I humbly submit this clamour of a brainy, foolish ape who likes words too much.

Comments

[niyabinghi.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Love this! :)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked. :-)

[missprune.livejournal.com]

what a beautiful curve and color on the shell!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

It is a drainpipe!

[missprune.livejournal.com]

No kidding! Well it's a damnmed beautiful drainpipe then!! They don't make em like that over here.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Given that the result is this wonderfully evocative, and yet almost entirely abstract, image, I don't think I have any quarrels with the meddlseomeness of your brain.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Haha, thank you. :-)

stream of unconsciousness / solitude

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, Van - Dropping back in after a long time. Glad to hear that your dad is doing well. Hope he recovers fast and totally. Love the photo. If you hadn't said it was a pipe, I'd never believe it. As to the prior post: I have a friend who is an Anglican nun. She told me that periods of solitude are good for the well-being of the person and their soul. When I went to her Profession of Life Vows in October, '08 (in New York) I took advantage of the solitude and quiet of the convent to do a modified retreat myself. It was very beneficial to my psyche and I got a lot of knitting done. So, what I'm trying to say is that it's okay to take a breather from life and just have time for you. You deserve it and that's good, too. Man, did it take me a long time to learn that lesson. Anyway, take care and all the best. - Joe-in Wyoming

Re: stream of unconsciousness / solitude

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your words, Joe.