i took this photograph the other morning and then later showed david. it took him a minute or so to figure out that it was a photo of a squirrel on the fence on the other side of the driveway. he had some context, though, recognizing that i like to sometimes take photos through the screen of the window. it distorts the image a bit and changes the scope of the depth of field, focusing on the screen rather than the image beyond, but more information aids in discernment, in seeing what it is that is there.

as i sit and write this – at this moment – i am waiting for someone to come and pick up the giant ant farm that we are giving away. the person who is picking it up is going to share it with pre-school children so that they might study this ant farm. though i’m pretty certain that she will also teach them that this is a tiny example of how ants live ‘out there’ in the big world, they will focus up-close on how its community works.

how community works.

i’ve written before that i’ve wondered if whatever great deity you might believe in is watching us all – here on planet earth – as we function – er, dysfunction – as a community of people. as we somehow err to the everyone-for-themself way of being in the world. as we push and shove to place personal agenda before any kind of synergistic, collaborative orientation.

is this deity peering through window screen, watching distorted figures go about daily living under the guise of “together” but cultivating nothing of that sort?

is this deity peering through a clear plastic screen, watching us on this planet make ruin of our natural resources, undermining our environment, our sustainability, the beauty of this earth?

if you look closely and focus on what is clear, you will see window screen, separating the viewer from the view.

if you let your eyes focus further out – despite the depth of field blur – you will see the squirrel, the fence, a bit of our westneighbors’ garage.

it’s not so much a mystery once you have more information. then, you will see it for what it is.

it’s all real.

it seems important to work at viewing the big picture.

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read DAVID’s thoughts this D.R. THURSDAY

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