Sunday, March 25, 2012

Wind Chimes

We've got wind chimes.  The neighbors left them when they moved and since the new neighbors don't want them, Madison brought them over here.  There were actually two sets.  The smaller set she hung on her rabbit's hutch, because of course bunnies need chimes too !  The second set we have hung on the edge of our patio cover.  They are  quite tacky  not the most beautiful things but the sound they make is lovely.  It is a soft, tinkling sound.  It is going to rain later today and the wind has just come up and is swirling around our backyard, and as I sit out here in my garden and listen, it is as if the wind has found its voice.  It is an interesting concept, to think that maybe we are all like the wind, constantly moving and speaking and singing from our hearts, but that we need to find our specific tool to find a way to outwardly express ourselves.  The wind is naturally silent, and it needs trees or water, or even a cheesy set of wind chimes. We too are naturally silent, living inside our own heads, and we need writing, painting, woodworking, ceramics, or cooking.  Whatever our particular tool or medium is, it allows us to sing and howl in a way that allows the world to hear us. 

1 comment:

  1. What a beautiful way of looking at the ways in which we sing!

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