We look with our eyes but sometimes we don't really see
We gaze around us but if our minds are full it clouds our vision
Our attention can be muddled and our eyes not in focus if all the internal "stuff" is roiling around inside and we give THAT attention instead of what is right in front of us.
Try looking at color...........a glass object where light coming through it can be mesmerizing as it sits there illuminated and colors dance.
Look with new eyes. Don't judge. Although a dandelion isn't a preferred item in a well appointed garden it still has value. It has color and it grows toward the sun and in its other form grants wishes. Not many other flowers grant wishes, right?
We look at weathered and peeling and patina and we think "vintage, character, age.....art". But do we give the same courtesy to people who are aging? Or may have a disability? Or may not look like your idea of beauty? They are often seen as old and useless and yes, even a burden and we pass them by because our eyes aren't seeing with our hearts. Yet they are seasoned with a huge amount of character and have seen it all and have wisdom if you only look at them with new eyes. Some take disability and turn it inside out and accomplish things we can only dream about. Some that don't fit the medias idea of beauty on the outside have souls and love that is blindingly beautiful on the inside. That is art. Look for it, it's not hard to find because you can see it in their EYES!
When you look around you do you see objects/faces in other things? Do you allow your imagination to take leave from all those internal "to do's" and see with new eyes?
What do you see in that cloud above?
What do you see in the table top below (which is actually my friend C's table)
Last month I was getting in my car at the Post Office and realized I had parked near these trees. Did I notice them BEFORE going in? Actually in my haste I had not. BUT when I came back to my car I stood looking up for the longest time. I could see the blossoms and feel this insane sense of calm just wash over me............I could have been anywhere at that moment. I reached in my bag for the camera to capture it and to remind myself to STOP the *monkey brain and look around, look up, look and REALLY see. It makes a huge difference.....it can be felt.
So the next time your mind is full of "I have to do this and I have to do that" and all you can think about are things that NEED to be done or you WANT to get done and you can't form a simple sentence because you're too muddled with it all............STOP....look up....go out and look around.....look at simple pleasures - find that moment of clarity. Take a child with you and look through THEIR eyes because THEY SEE what we don't as fast moving adults.
It's all a matter of refocusing our "lenses" and then suddenly the whole world is a kaleidoscope of richness.
Love,
Lisa
XOXOXO
*monkey brain - meaning thoughts and schedules and to-dos and time and hurry and worry are all swinging from one thing to the next like a monkey swings from tree to tree. It can make a person nuts if you can't stop the swinging long enough to just BE in the moment.
P.S. I've been doing a bit of revamping on my blog(as you can see) - many of my sidebar items are now links across the top under the banner.....this includes my blogroll. I like the tidiness of it.
