I can get right into the world of my image creation and then if I go out and sit and observe nature's beauty and creation I am totally blown away. The sun was giving a last lick of yellow to the hodge podge abodes on Ben Buckler. The waves were placid, rhythmically caressing the silky shore.
People - actual humans! not the 2D images I've been playing with - were taking their dogs for walks, carrying surfboards. Tailored bodies were jogging in fluoro shoes and fitting apparel, a couple of dudes lit up a spliff over there, kids were amped - the whole place was alive with existence.
I observed from my comfortable vantage point on the grass and was reminded how satisfying it can be to do nothing but watch and absorb. It's all going on around us. We shouldn't have to worry as much as we do about whatever we do - status, money, relationships, time constraints - it can be engulfing and so completely distracting from what is truly important. Just being. Without want or ambition - accepting and delighting in the simple, wonderful beauty within us and around us.