Shouldn't…but Do

Last night, I posted a brief observation on the watery nature of some of the posts in this bog. I have since been lucky enough to receive a comment on that post by a reader named “Wes.”

It is a thoughtful comment, chock full of the discerning double vision of which I am so fond.

So Wes, I hope it is okay with you, but I am repeating your comment below. Thank you for your words.

In response to “States of Mind,” January 27, 2010:

“Even your bog’s picture shows a preoccupation with water – the bones of the water.

There are striations in sediment from long-standing pools/lakes/oceans of water. Above are nodular outcroppings from the unconstrained vertical erosion of rain/snow/runoff water. Below is the channel of constrained, horizontal flowing erosion of a river/stream.

All tell their stories – their stories of water and its power to transform and create beauty. But wait – perhaps they are your stories, too?

Maybe a stable time during which the sediment of normality accumulated? A catastrophic, tumultuous period when raging torrents of events brought whole new shape to the landscape? An enduring effort during which large patterns and channels were created?

Or maybe not – maybe it is just the current beauty of the landscape that is meaningful and it does not matter what mechanism – water or living – brought it to such beauty.”