Things I've Found on the Ground

Looking for myself by finding where my individuality melts away

Hello, Transcendent Beings!

Navigating the treacherous waters between individualism and community.

river reflecting
nature’s creeping costume change
verdant to amber

Things I’ve Found on the Ground

If you go walking with me, we will stop often. I’m forever picking up rocks, leaves, and thoughts. I will often halt abruptly to take a picture of a tree, a river, or an insect. My eyes scan the ground even when I’m running around suburbia completing errands.

This is how I end up with other people’s discarded grocery lists.

This past week, I added another glorious bit of shopping ephemera to my collection.

I always seem to find lists written by people who have run out of cigarettes.

It’s not that I’m a hoarder. I gather these treasures because I’m looking for clues. I’m trying to figure out how to bridge the gap between that place where I begin and the universe ends or where the universe begins and where I end.

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