I Chased the Sun

After a nurturing

cloudy rainy rolling thunder high in the sky

kind of yesterday,

this morning I awoke

and chased the sun.

I found it

peering through

my bedroom window...

streaming past the dining room chair

onto the wall I call an easel...

catching the translucency

of the glass beaded bowl

that hold my vitamins

on the kitchen counter...

resting on the back of the piano...

that sparked the thought

to play some
Mindy Gledhill

because

sometimes
that's
what I do...

and then I decided

to venture outside...

where I used it's magic

to steep some wild berry tea I concocted

in a large
old
pickle jar...

until I noticed
the sun had found

a spot

to skip through the forest
straight towards
the fire pit...

given the optimal view

I indulged in a little

light reading about the

human brain...

when I discovered the

remnants from the overnight rain...

I realized it was
the perfect setting...

for this guy or gal

(who I shall call Walrus)

to cruise

along the pea gravel path...

at which point I knew

this was the perfect place
to create
and pull from my inspiring morning
of chasing the sun.

Simple. Nature. Soothing.

I hike for the exercise and the connection to the organics of what this earth produces. I can not hike without being enveloped with the colors and textures the forest displays. I stop along the way to create an unnatural composition of natural matter in simple form. I leave it behind for others to possibly notice and for the earth to take it back to it's uncontrolled arrangement. Andy Goldsworthy [CLICK HERE] is a master at this craft for which I am grateful to discover.

Uncomplicated Attempt

My simple novice attempt at Andy Goldsworthy's style of art. When on hikes, camping or just wandering thru the forest (yes it happens from time to time) I create miniature rock arches with entry ways. I return to these sites eventually to find them mostly intact. The way the sun beams thru the foliage amazes my senses over and over again.