A gift from Stushie.
Now, if this gannet is off the coast of North America, it is flying into the sunrise; if off the coast of Scotland, into the sunset. It has been my joy to watch gannets from both vantage points and I have decided that in my both/and life, which these days is more intensely both/and than ever before, this particular gannet is flying both ways at once.
Stushie is, I think, a bit less both/and than I am. But this is what happens when you release a gift, whether of words or art or music or birds: others embrace meanings you had perhaps not imagined. And perhaps all manner of things shall be well. I am grateful for the hint of that possibility, as unlikely as it seems.
Thank you.
I read in the bird guide left by the chairs in the dining room at Eastern Point (complete with binoculars!) that gannets look like a crucifix when they fly....
ReplyDeleteThat must have been some bird guide.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love your interpretation of the gannet flying towards both the sunrise and sunset.
ReplyDeleteThanks for graciously receiving the gift.
That is a really beautiful gift to receive.
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