Looking and Listening

  • Looking and Listening,  Poetry

    “Mindful” by Mary Oliver

    I think this might be my favourite poem. The reminder to look and listen, it dovetails with my current read — “How to Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy” which I’ll have more to say about once I’ve had some time to digest it. I have many photos similar to the one above, trying to capture that “untrimmable light”, as the sun flashes through the trees lighting up, leaves, grass, seed heads, buildings and people, or alternatively, when the sun sparkles across the water. In many ways my photos, and this blog, are my way of remembering “these teachings”. Anyway, enough from me, enjoy these words from Mary Oliver. "Mindful" by…

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