Quotes/Words....Pictures/Images

You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. CS Lewis.

I put that quote in my blog yesterday because it came to my Email through a subscription I have with ThinkExist.com

I love believing that these messages somehow have been sent to me due to some sort of divine intervention. Michelle and I were talking about how we try to find the meaning in songs. We wondered if there really is an encrypted message. Is the listener meant to figure out the message intended, or are you supposed to take the lyrics and make your own meaning? Michelle also noted that what's really funny is you may hear a song and it has great meaning for you. But at a later date and time, you will hear the same song and the original meaning is lost. You wonder "what was I thinking? Those words mean nothing to me!" so the question is are we simply searching for words to validate our current feelings? Or are we listening to words hoping they will allow us to draw strength to move on? It's a which came first, the chicken or the egg analogy. It's a question of a self fulfilled prophecy or of finding the path G-d laid out for you.

It works with art also. I have a very dear friend who is an artist. She shared a breathtaking piece that she just completed. I loved it, and I fell into it. It is a landscape of an autumn scene in New Hamshire. She captured Mt Manadnock in the background. It is what it is: a beautiful landscape. She told me there is no hidden message in most of her work. It is simply there to please the viewer. We looked at another artist's work and noted that it was an abstract piece. I was not taken in by it. I could not determine if the piece was done out of anger or out of just a messed up head. Then my other dear friend, who was also visiting that day, shared some photos she had taken. They were of a dog looking very sage like tromping through the snow in his sweater and scarf. It was funny and sweet at the same time! This animal had been personified in the most entertaining way! It made you wonder what he was thinking about, but mostly she captured something in the animal that appeals to us humans. Namely the desire to seek and explore. In each of my friends works,there was no hidden meaning to be discovered,but there was an opportunity to gaze and take away your own experience.
So I decided I enjoy the pictures that tend to have a more obvious meaning. I enjoyed those pieces for the quality it offers my body of standing in a certain place.



However, the words tickle my soul.
The quote from yesterday came at a most fitting time. I had spent the day watching the Daytona 500. It had been an otherwise relatively productive day. Allison helped me do some organizing in my room. I was feeling pretty good! But then I could not see the leader board at the top of the TV screen. I could not see the numbers on the race cars. So I adjusted my glasses and cursed them out for being blurry. I did not realize it was MS wonkiness. As I put my supper together,my body started to fold in half. By the time I was done eating the visual wonkiness turned to double vision. My body froze and I could not walk. My frozen body gave forth icicle tears. Chris guided me to my chair. The release of tears combined with the comfy chair. This body that I have rested. This soul that I am lived on.

Finding meaning in words, enjoying beauty in pictures,
Here in the comfort of my Shalom Babayit.