the moments.
as i watched the shrubs launch their kite after what seemed like half an hour of several futile attempts, it made perfect sense to me what life's really about. that one moment of pure glee etched in their hearts after succeeding. it defines almost everything we should apply daily, just slowing down to live the moments. it could be observing the intricate design of a dragonfly, sensing the subtle caress of a passing breeze, that woody burst of flavour in a shitake mushroom, the smell of first rain, the contented sigh of your dog after a long walk. learning to focus on these simple moments when you quell and put out all other thoughts before and after that moment becomes something magical. it's as if you've internalised all that beauty which you often overlook and you become a part of it.
yes i've learnt to slow down so much (even my average driving speed is 70km/h) that i think you could say it's a strange transcendent zen of living life in constant harmonious calm, neither looking backwards, nor forwards, but at that one moment as it occurs.
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so 10 years and 22 tats later, i'm done!
and a final tribute to the fender strat