Velvet Fire
Saturday morning. My gaze is drawn to the window, to sunlight that streams into the room. The blue sky beckons me, thin gray clouds scuttling southward, drawing away from the dim glow of this screen (a necessary tool).
Desire. What is desire? Desire is inclination for movement, for pleasure of bodily movement, the wind upon one’s face, a “mind” is renewed by transformation of growth surrounding us.
Spring is a roaring cataract. Being witness, sensing the rush of adrenaline, the body’s involuntary response, as if a call is being answered,… Is that my name that I hear, and your name?
Yesterday in the early evening we walked along Third Street in Geneva. Tulips are at peak of bloom. Tulips, gem-like, alive, ephemeral, lasting no more than several days. The blooms serve to demonstrate what is possible – if life is nurtured, crafted toward that ineffable zone of peerless excellence.
Nature and Claude Monet paint with a similar style. Oh wait, Monet was painting nature!
Words alone fail to describe the “beauty” of such blossoms. You have to be there, to indwell, to experience for yourself… To fall in love.






Time enough for a tune! How about this one: Ring of Fire by Social Distortion.
One thought on “Velvet Fire”
I embrace this time of the year when Tulips bloom! They usually follow the hearty Crocus and Daffodils. These three to me signal the beginning of another joyous spring followed by mother nature unleashing summer in all its glory. It also means that shortly I will celebrate another trip around the sun and carve another notch into my DOB stick.