Notice the phenomenon and alchemies

of all vivid to lustrous kinds

happening around you.

listen while you read

The Enchanted Blue Pitcher

The enchanted blue pitcher

glows like a votive candle

in the sunlight that pours

from the kitchen window.

It sparkles at points with

sapphires around its arm,

neck and waist, as it

alchemizes white light

into watery blue air.

one Spring day

on Central Park West,

New York City

a thought

Natural to man-made, beautiful plays

and interplays of light are everywhere

in our everyday lives.

a QUESTION

Do you remember a distant or recent experience where some light was striking or washing or suffusing an object or a setting in a vivid way? Something you witnessed firsthand, maybe even quietly marveled at.

one member said

"When I really bring my attention to how all kinds of light color my world, it verges on magical."

a call to experience

As you go through a usual day, or somewhere on a trip, look with more open and innocent eyes at how the light changes things, animates, alchemizes or enchants them. Like faces in candlelight, an ocean or lake under the moon, your bedroom at sunrise, rainbows, fireworks. And yes, even a carwash ...