Lightly Child, Lightly

The wind is careless—

uncertain—

I like the wind—

it seems more like me than anything else—

I like the way it blows things around—roughly—even meanly—

then the next minute seems to love everything—some days is amazingly quiet.

—  Georgia O’Keeffe, in a letter to Alfred Stieglitz on October 1, 1917 in: ”My Faraway One. Selected Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Volume 1, 1915–1933”

Notes:

• Photo: DK, Daybreak. December 30, 2020. 6:50 am. 25° F. Cove Island Park, Stamford CT.  Yesterday was one of those “amazingly quiet (and spectacularly beautiful) mornings” where “the wind seemed to love everything.” Check out more pictures here from 6:30 to 7:00 pm and here from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
• Georgia OKeeffe quote via finita–la–commedia)
• Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”