I had fun putting this together- entering into the secret underworld of a pond to watch the mystical minnows, floating salamanders and serpentine snakes. I must admit it was a little addicting, especially watching the minnows; silver one moment, black the next, flinching when they touch, to sensuously running their bodies over one another, stationary in patterns that reminded me of calligraphy (what is their message?) to darting so fast as to be a blur and appearing and disappearing, into and out of nowhere.
On the radio I heard an ex-prisoner describe the hierarchy there and the lowest of the low were called "minnows". When you search for "minnow" you find mostly articles describing them as bait- near the bottom of the food chain.
Yet I find them lovely with their gossamer fins, mysterious movements (they often move backwards) and the way they catch the sun and glint silver in the water. It was also intriguing to focus in on the way they are with one another and how they move as one.
“To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour”
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour”
William Blake
3 comments:
Beautiful and peaceful as always!!!!
What a most lovely post! Your comment adds to the beautiful quietude of the visual enjoyment. What a pond life you have! No wonder it's addictive - who wouldn't get excited?!:)
Thank you Heather and Monika! It really felt like I was being offered a glimpse of a secret, mystical world.
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