| Audubon
Woods Reflections |
John
Eichholz |
| Nov
06, 2005 17:37 PST |
| Bob,
Ents:
A couple hours spent in the Audubon woods this morning...
On a more poetical note, I found true refuge again, from the
worries of
the day, when once engulfed in the forest mere. Hopping from
mound to
mound or following a beaver's rill, I came again into the domain
of
nature, where familiarity is again possible. The fogs and mists
intermediating between the ducks and I, but not obscuring the
treetops,
I realized a greater gulf between the jogger beyond, yet a
closer bond.
Our legacy of these woods can be valued higher when known in the
context
of their rarity. Yet they are also a quiet backdrop to the
commons.
John
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| Re:
Audubon
Woods Reflections |
Robert
Leverett |
| Nov
07, 2005 13:27 PST |
John,
Your words echo with deep resonance and speak
to your strong woodland
spirit and also to the mathematician in you. How many times have
I
walked the path through the upper meadow of Mohawk suddenly to
sense it
as if for the first time. That which was familiar and regularly
bypassed
turns magical. Shapes seen on a sunny day become mystical when
experienced in the mist. Forest moods challenge our notions of
time and
space and matter and what it really means to be a tree or rock
or blade
of grass.
Bob
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