Dreamy State Of Mind
I gave a painterly touch to a photo taken years ago of my daughter and I in bare feet squishing along the soft sandy beaches of Tofino on Vancouver Island. The scene got me reminiscing about dreams that puffed away over time and those that stayed.
Dreams run into reality and can seem like unreachable stars sometimes so we leave familiar landscapes to fulfill our desires in other places, one day circling back home.
I am drawn to circles. When raindrops fall into puddles they make multiple lovely expanding circles that become tempting portals of the imagination. Curvy with no pointy edges, the shape evokes calmness and can be mesmerizing.
It inspires patterns, allegories and thoughts of eternity, as it has no beginning or end.
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Circles also inspired a poem by Gilbert Thomas. Found in a 1968 copy of Poetry Circus by Stanton Coblentz, Thomas spun a beautiful tale of completion and fulfillment encircling a wistful weary soul. I hope you enjoy reading it (below).
On the Sea-Front by Gilbert Thomas
The long day comes full circle,
Its early light returns.
What all have heard as theory
Each in his own time learns.
For me the hours are rounding,
Never might there have been
Neon's dazzle that was darkness:
So clear again the scene.
Splendour has wheeled to splendour,
Though broken appeared the ring,
Sunset completes the sunrise
That made my childhood sing.
The cycle is accomplished.
Present fulfils the past
As, through the glare of custom,
Wonder leaps back at last.
The long day comes full circle,
I look, I gasp. Once more
I stare, like any infant,
At sky and sea and shore.
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Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.
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