Imagine if you could hear this picture. What sort of a low ringing sound would you get from pouring water over the bell of a large metal bowl? Can you hear it?
What sounds are so vivid to you that you can conjure them out of silence?
To Pray is to Live
“When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.”
—Henri Nouwen
What festive or still moment has felt to you like prayer?
A Whole New World
Reality as we generally conceive of it is a world of land and air and gravity. But more of our planet is ocean than land, and many of our world’s beings only know floating in a world of water. It’s easy to assume that the world we know is the only “real” world, but our vision could be limited.
When have you been surprised to find the world was different than the way you had assumed it to be?
Low Tech
High tech tools are far more efficient, and allow us to get more done, but low tech tools often give us a more physical sense of connection to the task at hand.
For what do you prefer a low tech option?
Me and My Shadow
Kids are generally fascinated by shadows—how the image of your own body can appear so similar to the real you, but also be so distorted by the angle of the sun.
How do you or those around you distort the image of your body?