Love this! ❤️ Your writing is always like a fabulous recipe. The photos the prose and the intriguing subject matter all come together to be as entertaining as they are informative. Thank you, Wendy. I enjoyed this so much.
Such and interesting experience you are touching on. Like some kind of "spiritual" law of nature or way the mind works related to the universe while absorbed in it. Amost like there is a kind of focused synergy that can happen between us and the universe around us if we know how to tune in and practice doing so.
Now since I hear you ran off to MIT Wendy - I have this picture, a photograph of a pebble having been dropped into water producing a ripple effect by Miren Etcheverry who got her MBA from MIT. I'll have to check the name of the print when I get back to my office. I think it is part of her Watercolors collection. Qute stunning. Printed on some type of archival paper most likely.
At any rate, I'm wondering do you have "reference books" that helps further explain the process you are touching on?
Bronce, such a cool way to describe this—as a sort of recursive dialogue with the universe—that we can tune as we go.
I just checked out her work—so beautiful! The Watercolor series in particular takes me back to my days of running around the harbors in New England. I have a couple friends who’ve also photographed boat reflections.
Wiseman wrote The Luck Factor (book) and a couple related research papers.
Ahh, I was thinking more about a book that hits upon this - "Wild Attention as Practice
What I experienced on that Joshua Tree trail is something I’ve come to call Wild Attention—the practice of bringing full, unhurried perceptual presence to the living world around you. This goes far beyond seeing to include both visual sensing and psychological processing—organizing, interpreting, and consciously experiencing. Doing this well requires watching things with an active, inquiring mind. It’s a bit like moving from awareness to embodiment."
Love this post, Wendy! This will come in handy the next time I go birding (black skimmers have been reported at the coast this week, and I definitely want them to show up to my tuned attention when I get there)!
Walking in a local park and generally gazing around I spotted a jack in the pulpit. And, surprise, after that jack kept appearing around every bend in the trail. Amazing
Yes! I delight in this❣️ Such a delicious practice.
Yes! I'm glad to hear it! It really is...❣️
The most precious currency in this distracting economy is attention 🌸👀
Indeed, it is. And we all have it to give. 🩷
Love this! ❤️ Your writing is always like a fabulous recipe. The photos the prose and the intriguing subject matter all come together to be as entertaining as they are informative. Thank you, Wendy. I enjoyed this so much.
Awww…Thank you, Mark, for your ever-kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. 🩵
Absolutely! 🙏🏻
Such and interesting experience you are touching on. Like some kind of "spiritual" law of nature or way the mind works related to the universe while absorbed in it. Amost like there is a kind of focused synergy that can happen between us and the universe around us if we know how to tune in and practice doing so.
Now since I hear you ran off to MIT Wendy - I have this picture, a photograph of a pebble having been dropped into water producing a ripple effect by Miren Etcheverry who got her MBA from MIT. I'll have to check the name of the print when I get back to my office. I think it is part of her Watercolors collection. Qute stunning. Printed on some type of archival paper most likely.
At any rate, I'm wondering do you have "reference books" that helps further explain the process you are touching on?
Bronce, such a cool way to describe this—as a sort of recursive dialogue with the universe—that we can tune as we go.
I just checked out her work—so beautiful! The Watercolor series in particular takes me back to my days of running around the harbors in New England. I have a couple friends who’ve also photographed boat reflections.
Wiseman wrote The Luck Factor (book) and a couple related research papers.
Ahh, I was thinking more about a book that hits upon this - "Wild Attention as Practice
What I experienced on that Joshua Tree trail is something I’ve come to call Wild Attention—the practice of bringing full, unhurried perceptual presence to the living world around you. This goes far beyond seeing to include both visual sensing and psychological processing—organizing, interpreting, and consciously experiencing. Doing this well requires watching things with an active, inquiring mind. It’s a bit like moving from awareness to embodiment."
Ohhh!! Well, that’s certainly something I’m thinking about! That and/or workshops and retreats. 🩵
Yes, I think both of these make a lot of sense.
Cool! I’m glad to hear that. Thanks for the feedback.
Love this post, Wendy! This will come in handy the next time I go birding (black skimmers have been reported at the coast this week, and I definitely want them to show up to my tuned attention when I get there)!
Thank you, Becca! Ohhh…can’t wait to hear how your journey goes! 🪶
Walking in a local park and generally gazing around I spotted a jack in the pulpit. And, surprise, after that jack kept appearing around every bend in the trail. Amazing
And, there you go! Sounds like a lovely outing.
I am always open to you! Thank you for the optics without specs.
Thank you! Do you need specs?!