Musing

today’s Musing written and published from south Calgary, near Fish Creek Park

walk report: 0C/32F, sunny and calm; Gusta saw a retriever on the other side of the soccer field and nearly ripped my shoulder apart pulling – I gather he was a handsome dude sporting just the right scent; morning calm along lawn rows still framed in receding snow cover

what is the prerequisite of thought?

is it feeling, or does thought just need a good breakfast to start the day?

preparation – breakfast for the day, clean slate for the week or clear head for a meeting – are all pre-start activities; prerequisites for doing something; clearly the chicken came before the egg, but does the thought always precede the action – in other words, does the physical activity trigger demonstrative thought or does thought just splurge forth in its own right, unconnected to any event or action?

yesterday thoughts/actions; consolidation, spring cleaning and re-ordering priorities going on and this question bounces around my head: before the chicken crossed the road, did he/she have thoughts or feelings about taking such a bold step?

in this regard I think the egg might have come first because there had to be some gestation period of thought or of chicken going on

if we search for meaning, should we first begin with an absence of it or will looking blankly out a window on a quiet day do the trick, or, if we can’t see ourselves clearly, should we always have a mirror (or two) standing by?

I’ve been pondering starts; a venture, a project, a new chapter - wondering what works best, what is proven, what is proven wrong; I wouldn’t think of planting something without first preparing the soil, I wouldn’t think of placing freshly cooked food on a soiled or ill chosen plate, I would not consider finishing wood that had not been sanded smooth first or doing a presentation without planning or rehearsal not unlike children playing house is a rehearsal for life followed by a sufficient gestation period

smoked salmon cream cheese on a bagel, poached eggs, steaming coffee was the meal – but sleeping in, reading papers with PB – that made it breakfast; sometimes we talk a lot, sometimes scarcely at all, but sleep-in mornings wouldn’t start right without breakfast

as I embark on a new chapter in the story of the butterfly and the grasshopper, my grasshopper brain can only conclude that eating eggs prevents chicken

Mark Kolke
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