Wednesday, October 13, 2010


Imagine your hand is very large, and there is a small bird perched on each fingernail. Open and close your hand in different ways. Move your hand about as you open and close the fingers. Now, imagine the hand is invisible and all you can see are the birds. Open and close, open and close the invisible hand. That’s how flocks of sparrows fly, individuals, but invisibly connected. A stretchy elasticity seems to bond them.

This morning – among the branches of sycamores with their brown, thinning leaves – the little birds (open, close, open, close) were so beautiful.