In the human order creativity is neither a rational, deductive process nor an irrational wandering of the undisciplined mind but the emergence of beauty as mysteriously as the blossoming of a field of daisies out of the dark Earth.
~ Thomas Berry
(The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century)
WOW! I thought that was a photograph at first
The details do seem to give it a vivid photographic quality.
This is inspiring.
I thought so, too.
A field of daisies is a stunning sight … and yes, I think creativity can be most mysterious. How it occurs — and to whom.
I like the idea that creativity is neither rational nor irrational, but a mystery of the mind, not unlike the mystery of nature itself.
I could get lost in thought very easily as I walked through this field of daisies. How lucky we are to have wildflowers that are dormant for so many months, yet push through that soil and grow and grow and give us joy, without us nurturing them at all. If everything else in life was that easy.
What a lovely experience that would be, to walk through a field of daisies. Although these days the first thing that comes to my mind would be wondering how many ticks are waiting there for some warm-blooded mammal to pass through. But yes, it is a miracle how plants grow from seeds underground into such beautiful flowers.
It would be a wonderful experience – like you, I would wonder about ticks as well as any critters hiding in/around the daisies that would be startled and bite me. I follow the Metroparks Photographers group on Facebook and there have been a lot of photos posted of water snakes – they climb onto dead logs in the water, or slither up trees that have branches that hang low by the water and sun themselves. I hope I never see that happening.
Yikes! I can imagine how unsettling it would be to encounter one of those water snakes. I wonder how big they are. It seems like it takes a fair amount of bravery to simply walk outside one’s door into the wild.
There was a photo of one snake on the Cherry Island Trail where I walk all the time at Lake Erie Metropark – that freaked me out. That snake was on a partially submerged log sunning itself, but just a foot from the trail (it’s more like a dirt pathway at this area). So, at that part of the Cherry Island Trail, there is Lake Erie on one side and a marsh on the other side and the path is only about six feet wide. No overlook, you just walk along and you’re only about two feet from the water on either side. I stay in the middle of that path and now that I know about the snakes, I would have to either back up or run ahead to avoid it. People are saying they are harmless, but for it to appear in front of you so close to the water is scary. I had an Eastern Fox Snake, pretty big one, cross my path in the woods. I saw it slither in front of me. I’d already put the camera away as I was nearing the end of the trail. I am scared of spiders as you know, so snakes … I don’t want to think about that. Scary … not to mention worries with little things like ticks. Makes you wonder why we venture out sometimes.
YIKES!!! Makes enjoying the great indoors seem all the more appealing, that is, until cabin fever sets in, of course. 😉
I was dismayed to hear on the news today that a new type of tick was discovered in Northern Michigan. Whether I should worry about a tick in the upper part of the state I don’t know, but …. This pest called the Asian Longhorned Tick affects animals more than people, however, while it doesn’t cause Lyme Disease (good) for people, it can cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. They are hoping the sighting of two ticks is all they’ll find.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is considered a more severe illness than Lyme Disease.
I didn’t know that Barbara – wow! I was not happy to hear about this new tick and now reading it is worse than Lyme Disease really worries me. Then, I saw an article about avian flu on MSN today which said to stay out of close proximity to all waterfowl. This after I was mingling with geese and ducks at Heritage Park (in search of ducklings). Our walks are getting more and more limited due to diseases.
This is a beautiful oil painting. I like the ladies in the background and how much distance the painting creates. A great pairing too!
Although unrelated to your post today, I think that you would enjoy Sam Rappen’s blog on WP. She lives in Texas somewhere between Houston and Galveston. She travels quite a bit for her passion of water birds and photography. Her photography is exquisite and shares her knowledge of the water birds as well as equipment used on each photograph. Below is her most recent post. I don’t know how I found her, but I am so glad that I did.
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Thanks for the recommendation, Teri! I subscribed to Sam’s blog and am looking forward to following her posts. I’ve been missing Donna’s water bird posts so it will be nice to see some feathered creatures on my laptop again.
I’m glad you enjoyed this painting/quote combo. It’s always fun to find a two that go together so well.