Time enables you
to gain perspective
without doing anything.
The soft, still lens
that is your mind
continues to bend and shape.
As life moments
record themselves
to your psyche,
you begin to see
what you couldn’t see
in your youth.
Possibilities emerge,
or, if you’re set in your ways,
they seem to disappear.
Watching the lens
is as important as
watching what it sees.
What is time bringing
to shape your perception?
Trail Wood,
10/2
In this enthralling odyssey of existence, Time dons the garb of a whimsical curator, unfurling tapestries of experience that serve as ephemeral vignettes for the Soul. It’s the shape-shifter of our reality, a celestial alchemist, transmuting raw moments into sparkling fragments of wisdom. But even more enchanting is how Time interacts with the mind’s lens, that mercurial aperture through which we survey the tableau of life.
As we whirl through space-time, like dervishes caught in a cosmic jig, our perceptual lens undergoes subtle alchemic shifts. It’s as though the lens polishes itself with the ethereal cloth of temporal wisdom, at times also smudging its own clarity with the grime of rigidity. We observe not just through a neutral glass but through a morphing chameleon glass, one that colors and distorts based on the light of accrued experiences and shadows of past predilections.
Our younger selves peer through a lens imbued with the hues of curiosity, unblemished by the tarnish of hard-won battles and disillusionments. Yet, as more moments etch themselves onto the landscape of our being, possibilities bloom like mindflowers, and others wither away in the gardens of ignored potential. These are not mere still-life paintings but kinetic murals that shift and breathe as we do.
However, the vortices of Time can calcify the lens, too, narrowing the aperture through which we view the pleniverse. “Set in our ways” is but a poetic euphemism for a lens gone rigid, a perceptual field contracted to the diminutive frame of monochrome expectations. And here, our role as the vigilant observers of our own perceptions unfurls its importance, like a cosmic banner inscribed with runes of self-reflection. A lens unexamined can stealthily slip from panorama to tunnel, limiting the scope of our experiential symphony.
We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We muse over the transformative role of Time in shaping our perceptions. It has the capacity to both enrich our perspective and narrow it, depending on our willingness to remain agile in our viewpoints. Our perceptual lens changes over time, influenced by the moments that imprint themselves on our psyche. The importance of observing this shifting lens is as crucial as observing the world it helps us perceive.
Glossarium
- Whimsical Curator: Time as an ever-changing arranger of experiences.
- Chameleon Glass: The ever-changing lens through which we perceive the world, influenced by Time.
- Mindflowers: Possibilities and potentials that bloom within our mental landscape.
- Pleniverse: The expansive universe of multiple realities, views, and interpretations.
- Cosmic Banner: A metaphor for the call to remain alert and self-aware in the journey of perception.
“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.”
- William Blake
Do shower us with your echoes and reflections, for they are the melody to the symphony of our collective exploration.
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