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Journal Prompt 6/10 Learning to See

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 Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the soul Nicolas Malebranche's famous dictum on prayer ties together science and religion, but Maria Popova reminded me, this morning, that attention is inextricable from language. She cites bryologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, "Finding the words is another step in learning to see."  And, Popova connects our perceptions through the visual spectrum, in color, with the names of those colors. How we name things shapes our understanding of those things. Using Werner's Nomenclature of Colors , describe a thing, or setting directly in your line of sight.  Or, describe an idea or emotion that has been in the forefront of your thoughts.
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05-31-21: What Fangs?

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 The line fascinates me -- as a unit in math, music, history, design, art, and language. A line might be a slash, a pause, or signatory of a connection. So I am taken, broken, transcribed, transported by the journals of Keith Haring and longing to see his work. He realizes, on the first page of his diary, that he should not be comparing his life to others' but leaping from where they have taken him: The only way the other attained enough merit, making it worthy of my admiration, or [making me] long to copy it is by taking chances...It has grown with different situations and discovered different heights of happiness and equal sorrows. If I always seek to pattern my life after another, mine is being wasted re-doing things for my own empty acceptance. But, if I live my life my way and only let the other [artists] influence me as a reference, a starting point, I can build an even higher awareness instead of staying dormant.  If I can take this and apply it, it will help, but again...
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