Absorb

Black-eyed Susan in January

Life absorbed me for quite a while, but I think I'm back now. Although I feel completely out of the loop in Blogland, I plan to get back into everything again rather quickly.
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While I was away from blogging, I came across the following quote, which I thought fit my recent mood perfectly:

"Live neither in the past
nor in the future,
but let each day's work
absorb and satisfy
your wildest ambition."
~ William Osler
Canadian physician
(1849 - 1919)

While my daily activities didn't exactly satisfy my wildest ambition, I did feel quite content and fulfilled most days. And that's a pretty good way to end the day.

During the last month I've been absorbing everything I could regarding art, from the art and architecture of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, to outsider art, to the art of Sulamith Wülfing and Fidelma Massey, to art history and various art techniques.

And by trying to live in the moment (not an easy task for me!), I've noticed more details around me, too. Like this street sculpture in Milwaukee which I was delighted to notice when I was there for an appointment last week.

It is large, about 4 feet in diameter, and made up completely of washers. Isn't it wonderful!?

I plan to continue to notice and absorb and appreciate more of the little things in the world around me. Once you take the time to really see them, you realize they're not such little things.

And one of them might just change your life.