I'm fortunate that I live in a place that supports my habit. I'm just a few steps from a bluff overlooking the Eel River valley, facing west-southwest, about five miles from the ocean as the crow flies. For cloud and sunset watching, this is the place.
The sky is a perfect metaphor for life ~ it's always different. Clouds form, they move and change continuously, they dissipate. As the Tao says, "You cannot step twice into the same stream."
Just like life itself and every individual aspect of it over the course of our existence, everything changes, everything is ephemeral. The key is to learn to enjoy everything, even stuff that isn't what we want. Because it will change. And things we don't like change more quickly if we embrace them, and then let them go.
Go to Sky Journal to see the sky from my perspective, almost daily.
I can attest to the fact that your cloudscapes are wonderful and that each is unique. I don't know how well I do with change, but a changing sky is a treasure to behold.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Connie! And I just discovered Sky Journal the other day... we both have a love for the sky, clouds, sunrises & sunsets... isn't it wonderful that we have a way to capture and share what we see?
ReplyDeleteI love clouds, too. For some reason, I've almost always lived in houses facing west, and feel very comfortable looking at sunsets at the end of every day. I know what you mean about clouds.
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