A squirrel's tail:
squirrels have recently become cherished spiritual teachers to me, since I began filming short nature clips for my YouTube channel they have reached out with all important lessons that I've most certainly needed to learn right now. What I'm learning is to not overlook the familiar, everyday sights that may have seemed to lose their enchantment, becoming ordinary through the routine of their appearance.
squirrels show me that nature is far from ordinary.
and not to overlook a single thing.
the issue was never really squirrels of course, they've always been amazing. It's been my take on the world that has led to my loss of enchantment. I've been looking for a less obvious magic, something grand that leaps directly to the camera - and all the while entirely missing the subtle artistry of a tails language, a playfulness that's found through racing circles with a friend, and the astonished joy of a finding a leaf buried acorn.
briefly, I'm seeing the world through a squirrel's eyes.
completely re-enchanted.
what I've learned is is patience and to ease my demands placed upon nature. If I simply wait, camera calmly trained upon a squirrel, they'll freely teach me their magic. My role is only to suspend my judgement against the familiar, allowing the most obvious and ordinary things of the world to reveal their essence, their beauty, through their own subtle language.
...like a squirrel's tail.
~
Peace, Eric
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