Ways of Saying - Close and Far

I say something directly: I scan the horizon, a thin line where the sea meets the sky.

I say something with more significance: I look out across the sea along its meeting with the sky.

I say something metaphorically: I am the sea and you the sky, we meet, far, far away.

As I gaze across the sea to where it greets the sky I think of my difference with another, and how certain, yet distant it seems we are and will remain. Where sea meets sky, where sky meets sea.

What I See and Do Not See

Soon after I wake I gaze at the planet Venus shining bright above the horizon as the night sky lifts with the cusp of dawn. I see nothing but the interruption of a small ball of shimmering light against the deep dark blue, and yet I feel something powerful, something far more than a rational view of the sky.

What I see is as difficult to articulate as what I do not see.

Beauty is not confined by my sensory experience, as is its sibling, wonder.

Faith, Music, Art, and Words

I live in a secular society, a democracy where religion is separated from the powers of state, and where religious leaders have little or no authority over political decisions. A secular society is tolerant of diversity and makes its laws through the examination of facts and rational debate.

Although I have no religious faith I respect those who do, as I have experienced faith. Faith is aligned to those things outside of rational human experience. The experiences of mystery and the spirit.