Fractals on Friday
This weeks collection of fractals is once again a somewhat mixed bag. It's been amazingly hot and humid, I've been sleeping badly and I've been left rather unfocussed for a good deal of the week. Thankfully there was a brilliant thunderstorm this evening, which brought some relief.
(Click on the images for an enlargement).
One of the things that struck me again, in several of today's images, was the contrast between confusion and emptiness which seems to arise over and over. In between the swirls and eddies, moments of nothingness seem to crop up in all sorts of unexpected places. Every time a different magnification or theme is chosen, new points of extinction appear of their own accord as if to accentuate other parts of the image, provide moments of relief or offer escape if needed.
Pauzes, breaks and time-outs are so necessary and so worthwhile in real life too. From experience, it's impossible to keep on going on at a frantic pace, trying to get all the things needing doing done and ignoring the need to rest, reflect and relax for a while. After a while the numbness and fatigue take over, an excess of impressions demand a pauze, to reset and recuperate in order to maintain a healthy balance in life.
When I'm out running, although I'm physically pushing myself to the limit occasionally, my mental state slows down and readjusts, blocking out a lot of what's been bothering me and allowing me to just focus on my breathing and the cadence of my motion. The moments of greatest satisfaction occur when I'm able experience feelings of just being, one with myself and with the world around me, without all the attendant judgements and evaluations my mind so desperately seems to need to impose at any given time.
There are moments that finding peace of mind is difficult though, when there are too many issues going on at the same time and that the lack of focus is sending my thoughts in all directions because I'm spinning out of control. The best technique I have to silence the storms of confusion is to repeat a particular motivational phrase or word to myself, mentally or preferably verbally, until I notice that I've managed to shout down all the noise going on in my head. Sometimes it only take me two minutes, sometimes after 15 minutes I'm still struggling because I notice that my thoughts keep on wandering off but that the greater part of the tension has been defused anyway.
It's all part of the game I guess. One moment is totally different to the next, I'm not the same person I was yesterday in countless ways, the realities of the world around me are changing at every instant. Chaos and distraction are replaced by quietness and contemplation, and all the way back again, in the never-ending cycle of life.
Today's been a bit of a difficult day, I'm still having difficulty concentrating but have done better than usual compared to the last couple of days. Lets hope it lasts.
Keep well...
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(Click on the images for an enlargement).
One of the things that struck me again, in several of today's images, was the contrast between confusion and emptiness which seems to arise over and over. In between the swirls and eddies, moments of nothingness seem to crop up in all sorts of unexpected places. Every time a different magnification or theme is chosen, new points of extinction appear of their own accord as if to accentuate other parts of the image, provide moments of relief or offer escape if needed.
Pauzes, breaks and time-outs are so necessary and so worthwhile in real life too. From experience, it's impossible to keep on going on at a frantic pace, trying to get all the things needing doing done and ignoring the need to rest, reflect and relax for a while. After a while the numbness and fatigue take over, an excess of impressions demand a pauze, to reset and recuperate in order to maintain a healthy balance in life.
When I'm out running, although I'm physically pushing myself to the limit occasionally, my mental state slows down and readjusts, blocking out a lot of what's been bothering me and allowing me to just focus on my breathing and the cadence of my motion. The moments of greatest satisfaction occur when I'm able experience feelings of just being, one with myself and with the world around me, without all the attendant judgements and evaluations my mind so desperately seems to need to impose at any given time.
There are moments that finding peace of mind is difficult though, when there are too many issues going on at the same time and that the lack of focus is sending my thoughts in all directions because I'm spinning out of control. The best technique I have to silence the storms of confusion is to repeat a particular motivational phrase or word to myself, mentally or preferably verbally, until I notice that I've managed to shout down all the noise going on in my head. Sometimes it only take me two minutes, sometimes after 15 minutes I'm still struggling because I notice that my thoughts keep on wandering off but that the greater part of the tension has been defused anyway.
It's all part of the game I guess. One moment is totally different to the next, I'm not the same person I was yesterday in countless ways, the realities of the world around me are changing at every instant. Chaos and distraction are replaced by quietness and contemplation, and all the way back again, in the never-ending cycle of life.
Today's been a bit of a difficult day, I'm still having difficulty concentrating but have done better than usual compared to the last couple of days. Lets hope it lasts.
Keep well...
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Labels: fractal art
posted by bart | 21:18
1 Comments:
I've been doing that lately, focusing on life goals when I'm freaked out, repeating particular ones like mantras until my mind focuses and stops talking at me from every corner and cranny. Whew, it does help, and it seems to change my vibration.
I've been resting, working in the yard, that should read, fighting the yard, resting, resting, painting some. I've even been going to bed early, I don't know what's gotten into me, and getting up early. It's nice though.
I especially love the second to the last fractal, if I squint my eyes I acan see the Venus of Willendorf on the triangle. Lovely.
hugs you!
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