This is my absolute favourite of your poems, I love the feel of it, it is so evocative and involving. I've been thinking about mindfulness recently, so that is what the poem is about to me. The dissatisfied journey striving towards an ill imagined goal, then finding something wondrous in the present instead and realising that destination was unimportant. To me animals are better than anything else at stopping any negative chain of thought and making you live in the moment, appreciate their beauty and feel gratitude for having encountered them, so they are the perfect representation of that.
It’s an interesting one because it was based on one of my dreams, so I don’t entirely know the meaning of it myself! Maybe my brain concocted it to remind me to be mindful in the morning.
It wasn't so clearly about mindfulness the first time I read it (but it was instantly my favourite). It resolved into that since I got preoccupied with mindfulness. I do believe the meaning in art comes partly from the artist and partly from whatever the audience brings to the table.
Your subconscious is so wise! My dreams that feel profound at the time always turn out to be gibberish when I wake up! 🤣
This is my absolute favourite of your poems, I love the feel of it, it is so evocative and involving. I've been thinking about mindfulness recently, so that is what the poem is about to me. The dissatisfied journey striving towards an ill imagined goal, then finding something wondrous in the present instead and realising that destination was unimportant. To me animals are better than anything else at stopping any negative chain of thought and making you live in the moment, appreciate their beauty and feel gratitude for having encountered them, so they are the perfect representation of that.
It’s an interesting one because it was based on one of my dreams, so I don’t entirely know the meaning of it myself! Maybe my brain concocted it to remind me to be mindful in the morning.
It wasn't so clearly about mindfulness the first time I read it (but it was instantly my favourite). It resolved into that since I got preoccupied with mindfulness. I do believe the meaning in art comes partly from the artist and partly from whatever the audience brings to the table.
Your subconscious is so wise! My dreams that feel profound at the time always turn out to be gibberish when I wake up! 🤣