Sunday, July 10, 2011

if i were ripples on a pond's surface, would i rather be the pebble whose fall into the water started the process?

16 comments:

Raji said...

you would be much too absorbed in watching the new entrant into the water, to think that way

anne artist said...

ah, so if i am absorbed in what is happening, there is no room to wish life were other than it is.........

Yina said...

so would i rather be the ripples (effect) than the pebble (cause)?

i choose to be the pebble!

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Sally Ang said...

No, i choose to remain as the ripples...creating a beautiful pattern on the pond surface with the rest of ripples ...if i am the pebble...it would mean falling lonely into the water ...and deep into the bottom ....although it is the one, that created the ripples :)....

anne artist said...

so is the question, would i rather be that which changes or that which causes the change?

Sally Ang said...

No, it should be that,that changes thus ...causing the change...sometimes only at changing ...then we know that we could help make the changes(as you trek that path before) ....strong,tough...ways maybe good (as in the pebble form)...to cause changes ....but it will remain a lonely pebble in that pond...

anne artist said...

so, s.a., to be a change maker is to be lonely?

Sally Ang said...

Perhaps, sometimes....unless ...haha...you have a group of trusted ...mentors, family and friends ...who are there for you ....and you know when is the time to really let go and relax ...not to be rigid ....Anne, what will be your answer for that question ??

anne artist said...

i would prefer to be a catalyst......a form of change maker perhaps.

to answer your questoon, s.a., for me to be a change maker/catalyst is to experience a type of aloneness which at times can be lonely.

to continue on with your last thought.......to be able to let go and relax.......to not choose to be rigid........that is a huge lesson to learn. a form of art in an of itself, isn't it?

i wonder what kind of brush would be used to paint letting go and relaxing.....

Sally Ang said...

Light,short strokes with colourful...different handling of the brush ....Anne,btw being the catalyst...just like "cat"...it is a "mystery"...what will it do in the next move :)....i always find that i am always very afraid of cats ....haha ....

anne artist said...

s.a., i like the image you have created with your brush.

perhaps, i would draw a series of dots with ever increasing spaces between them.

if i remember biology correctly, which may not be the case, a catalyst may be instrumental is creating an effect but is not changed by it. it just goes on being itself.

as for cats, i do like the cats having nine lives aspect of things. other than that, i prefer the goofiness of some dogs, their joy at simple things. even if it involves chasing their own tails.......

Sally Ang said...

Haha...silly dogs chasing their own tails ....:)...hmmm cats nine lives...but it seems that cats do nothing ...except roaming the streets (in my country)....:)

Yina said...

Sally, you brought up a great thought to all of this. I always wanted to be that person who makes an impact to my surroundings, I never thought about being 'lonely' or 'alone'. But you're right about one thing (pertaining to me anyway) that I'm usually alone by myself and I do feel a bit of loneliness but I wouldn't do it any other way and I'm fine being by myself, which surprisingly not a lot of people can do.

anne artist said...

yes, aloneness can be a traveling companion of sorts.......

Raji said...

if you are absorbed in the present, the past and the future possibilities don't intrude

anne artist said...

so if i soak up the present, i can't be drowned out by the past or the future...........