Thursday, April 12, 2012

Day Four

Thanksgiving to low growing plants.
Thanks to all the weeds, herbs, ferns and moses for you are the first signs of spring.
Without you out world would not be as colorful.
Thanks for all the food and healing power you provide. The cover and shelter, the nice soft mosey bed for all the little beings of this earth.

Talbots Game
Today quiz yourself on all your surroundings.
Ask yourself questions like
Which direction is the wind blowing from?
What color is the seat your sitting on?
What color eyes did the last person you talk to have?

Today I spent most of my time outside at Crows Path. I found myself trying to take in the landscape as a whole and than zoom in on something closer and closer. I stopped to notice the bark of a striped maple. It is really so distinct and its branches have small white notched stripes. The whole tree seemed as though it could be a piece of art work displayed at a museum. I stopped to examine a small path of grass on the ground and discovered for the first time a leaf that looked as if it could be a piece of a human brain. Its leaves flared out with lines squiggling in and out. I later found out this brain like leaf was called blood root and produces a beautiful white flower. Lying on my back, shaded by a big white pine. I tried to notice as the wind blew through the forest. Causing all the leaves to dance in the wind. I couldn't tell what direction the wind was blowing from but I was guessing north west?

Talbot Game:
I think it is important as a tracker to be constantly asking questions. This is why the game helped to located exactly what I as glazing over in my day to day life. This game helped me to focus on as much detail, constantly. Its amazing how much you can actually remember if you just allow your mind to do that remembering.

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