I have always loved night, and felt safe in it. I love looking up to see the Milky Way and the stars, and thue scents of flowers on a night breeze. In the city I need to be more cautious, but the desire to see the stars and simply be outdoors when 90% of the people around are asleep (thus not thinking so loudly) is still there. I love the sound of an owl in my neighborhood's tall trees, and a fox walking under my window. This is darkness, a different but welcoming place.
I've always been a night owl. I like to sit with the stillness that the dark brings, and yet so much is going on, from the spider making her web to the owl singing her song to the night sky. I sit, I paint, I cuddle a blanket and be. Watching all that passes. As the night ends and daylight starts to break, the stillness changes its rhythm. The flowers begin to open their buds; the dogs begin to stretch and play—such a beautiful rhythm. 💕
The most recent time that I was scared of the dark was a few years ago when my dog was outside, barking like crazy. I walked outside to see the big deal, and my dog was barking at the telephone lines. When I looked up, I saw it!! A big black shadow was sitting on the lines. My heart dropped because immediately I thought it was an alien lol. I grabbed my dog and went inside to grab a flashlight. I walked back outside and flashed my light on the telephone lines, and then I saw it. It was the owl I had been hearing for years singing its song. I turned off my flashlight because I didn't want to hurt its eyes. I sat outside laughing at how I thought it was an alien, and my heart was happy it wasn't.
WOW! I love Mary Oliver. Her words, her thoughts, strung together so eloquently speak to the depths of my soul & the joy that resides (altho sometimes hides) in my heart. Thanks to Maaggie for sharing & also to you.
Oh yes, darkness is comforting to me. In an odd way, it means freedom, I suppose from the trappings of modern light-filled life. Unfortunately, there are way too many lights on at night so there is not darkness outside my house at night. I miss the woods, I need the woods, especially at night.
I have a typical response from a double Gemini, both. In my Soul I feel it as the infinite vast potential of the Creator, of comfort, of Love, of Imagination and Magical, Mystical Mystery.
However, then there is the very hard Earth school side of it for me. I have unique neurological disability and I can't feel my body very well. I can't tell where I am in space either so unless I can see where I am, I don't know. I rely on my eyes to know where I am. It's very strange to try to explain to people.
I have always loved night, and felt safe in it. I love looking up to see the Milky Way and the stars, and thue scents of flowers on a night breeze. In the city I need to be more cautious, but the desire to see the stars and simply be outdoors when 90% of the people around are asleep (thus not thinking so loudly) is still there. I love the sound of an owl in my neighborhood's tall trees, and a fox walking under my window. This is darkness, a different but welcoming place.
I've always been a night owl. I like to sit with the stillness that the dark brings, and yet so much is going on, from the spider making her web to the owl singing her song to the night sky. I sit, I paint, I cuddle a blanket and be. Watching all that passes. As the night ends and daylight starts to break, the stillness changes its rhythm. The flowers begin to open their buds; the dogs begin to stretch and play—such a beautiful rhythm. 💕
The most recent time that I was scared of the dark was a few years ago when my dog was outside, barking like crazy. I walked outside to see the big deal, and my dog was barking at the telephone lines. When I looked up, I saw it!! A big black shadow was sitting on the lines. My heart dropped because immediately I thought it was an alien lol. I grabbed my dog and went inside to grab a flashlight. I walked back outside and flashed my light on the telephone lines, and then I saw it. It was the owl I had been hearing for years singing its song. I turned off my flashlight because I didn't want to hurt its eyes. I sat outside laughing at how I thought it was an alien, and my heart was happy it wasn't.
WOW! I love Mary Oliver. Her words, her thoughts, strung together so eloquently speak to the depths of my soul & the joy that resides (altho sometimes hides) in my heart. Thanks to Maaggie for sharing & also to you.
Oh yes, darkness is comforting to me. In an odd way, it means freedom, I suppose from the trappings of modern light-filled life. Unfortunately, there are way too many lights on at night so there is not darkness outside my house at night. I miss the woods, I need the woods, especially at night.
I have a typical response from a double Gemini, both. In my Soul I feel it as the infinite vast potential of the Creator, of comfort, of Love, of Imagination and Magical, Mystical Mystery.
However, then there is the very hard Earth school side of it for me. I have unique neurological disability and I can't feel my body very well. I can't tell where I am in space either so unless I can see where I am, I don't know. I rely on my eyes to know where I am. It's very strange to try to explain to people.
So, there are my two very different answers!! 😆