Saturday, November 30, 2013

 
'Nudges and Nuance'
 
Most of what we are faced with in life responds best with a light touch. Of course there are times for bold steps and aggressive action to effectively deal with a situation or condition.
 
When you observe an orb weaver going about spinning her web, you'll see an efficient pace about her that does not appear rushed. With confident negotiation of seemingly precarious construction steps, she goes about extracting and connecting her variety of silk strands based upon which part of her web she is constructing; anchor lines, radials, capture spiral, etc.
 
This made me contemplate the combination of small steps performed with a greater grasp of the whole journey. Tiny steps don't seem so tiny when they are appreciated as a part of a grand performance. Conversely, what seems insurmountable when taken in it's entirety becomes doable when viewed in 'baby steps' and logical stages. It's the 'How do you eat an elephant?' question/answer thing. (One bite at a time) We can also lose some of the tendency to be so judgmental with this insight; on ourselves and others. Energy is freed and released by removing the pressure to figure out everything in advance.
 
The Golden Orb (Nephila Clavipes) is not trying to impress while in fact, being very impressive. I enjoyed bringing people who were not exactly 'aracho-fans' to view her. This only went to further prove the idea about fearing what we do not understand and experiencing what a little knowledge does for that fear. It can dissipate it and in some cases, blow it entirely away! I received immense inner-satisfaction in having a woman come to where she was referring to a spider as 'beautiful'. Wow... (The fuzzy silk strands which she adds to her web are intended as a visual cue for both the un-wanted and the desirable; in her eyes - all eight!)
 
I was also fortunate to capture video of this spider displaying a peculiar behavior I had not seen before. After she accommodated my close-up photography, she decided enough was enough. Like a monkey that jumps up against the bars and spreads out all fours, she used all 'eights' and began to bounce her body, with a 3" leg-span, against her rather large web. This made the whole web bounce and let us say, we both were having an incredible communication process. Read: Connection. That visual memory still gets me jazzed... The only thing missing was the monkey sounds! I apologized to her and left her to settle down. I'll have to load that clip on YouTube.
 
When we increase our awareness of how powerful the little 'nudges' can be when applied with the 'nuance' of experience and vision, we enable ourselves and others to construct an otherwise impossible looking and brilliant web of life.
 
Rocky reminded his son in the last sequel; "The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows..."
 
I'll preface my 'little ditty' below like Rock did with his son;
 
"Let me tell you something you already know..."
 
I hope it provides a few capture threads or anchor lines for your next grand design; come rain or shine... which will.
 
'Nudges and Nuance'
 
An odd couple-they
are loaded with power
to change a whole day
 
Like slivers and slices
of things most un-seen
Like forces that hold you
in space in between
 
The bars of a jail cell
or barbed wire fence
Are you following this, friend?
Does my verse make some sense?
 
The point being made here
Fair question you ask
Just how can this ditty
help finish your task?
 
Like mountains and monsters
that challenge the day
With nudges and nuance
you'll craft a new way
 
To climb up that mountain
to fall down and pray
With nudges and nuance
you'll show them the way
 
It's nudges and nuance
An artist's best friends
and God's still-small-whisper
that thunder depends
 
Prepared to be buffeted
battered and torn
for life's not just sunshine
nor always so warm
 
The open seas rough
and the gales they do blow
Best batten down feelings
unwilling to go
 
For nudges and nuance
by awkwardly travel
the mystery of life
does then slowly unravel
 
Revealing at first
just a glimpse of her sources
with ample examples
of courses remorse-less
 
So stay thee in harbor
if you're not this day
Of  the substance intrepid
and bold - on display
 
 
 
 

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