SHAPES 

The woods, the meadows, the pond, the sky

The plants, the animals, the earth itself

The microscopic world and the big view

         Winter, summer, spring, autumn

                  Night, day, dawn, dusk

You cannot escape it––the countryside is a cornucopia of shapes. It’s very appealing to those of us who loved geometry.

Some shapes are interesting in their predictability. They are symmetrical or repetitive or mirror images. 




Other shapes are beautiful in their unpredictability, their irregularity.

Whenever I walk, snapshots of shapes jump out at me. Sometimes they're part of nature’s structure. Other times it seems as though the plants and animals are posing in an incidental shape, one that may dissolve the instant you notice it.

Those Structural Shapes––––

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Dragonfly wing

Ice crystals along a corn leaf

And Those Incidental Shapes–––

Blowing grass draws an arc in the snow

When the world makes no sense, take a better look. 




Truth is, it’s in pretty good shape.