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| Fine Time Art 24 by KimB 2017 |
Monday, July 31, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
Saturday, July 22, 2017
A Moment in Time
This morning I experienced a moment in time that diverted my attention away from my computer screen. I was watching a chess tournament with some of the world's best chess players. There were six boards showing the moves as each game progressed. Each of the boards showed games at a different level of the game and it was interesting to anticipate the moves of players as they took turns in moving knights and bishops this way and that.
As I followed the moves of each player, I happened to glance out the window and noticed a single strand of spider silk glinting in the sun. It stretched from a hanging plant at the edge of the window, across the width of the window and disappeared in the plants below the window sill. A barely discernible breeze moved the strand of silk in and out of the sunlight. It shimmered in the sun for only a moment before it was lost to view. It was so lovely I waited for it appear again, then I noticed a tiny flying insect, possibly a mosquito, flitting around the hanging plant. It was very tiny, but the sun shone thru the wings and I could watch it hover over the plant leaves. I didn't land, just hovered as if looking for nectar or moisture.
As the bug flitted around the plant, I became mesmerized watching and waiting to see if it would become caught in the spider web. I knew it was inevitable that the insect would land on the web strand when out of view, or when glinting in the sun, but as minutes went by, the little thing kept flitting in its random up, down and all around, over and under the strand of silk.
I lost all interest in the chess games as I watched this mini game of cat and mouse between the spider web and insect. I wish I could tell you how this moment in time came out, but I had to answer the door. When I came back to the computer room, the sun had moved, and I couldn't see the spider web strand or the insect, I don't know if the insect fell victim to the spider web, or if the little thing flew off to another plant. The chess games lost their appeal so I turned off the computer and will learn the outcome of the tournament tomorrow.
As I followed the moves of each player, I happened to glance out the window and noticed a single strand of spider silk glinting in the sun. It stretched from a hanging plant at the edge of the window, across the width of the window and disappeared in the plants below the window sill. A barely discernible breeze moved the strand of silk in and out of the sunlight. It shimmered in the sun for only a moment before it was lost to view. It was so lovely I waited for it appear again, then I noticed a tiny flying insect, possibly a mosquito, flitting around the hanging plant. It was very tiny, but the sun shone thru the wings and I could watch it hover over the plant leaves. I didn't land, just hovered as if looking for nectar or moisture.
As the bug flitted around the plant, I became mesmerized watching and waiting to see if it would become caught in the spider web. I knew it was inevitable that the insect would land on the web strand when out of view, or when glinting in the sun, but as minutes went by, the little thing kept flitting in its random up, down and all around, over and under the strand of silk.
I lost all interest in the chess games as I watched this mini game of cat and mouse between the spider web and insect. I wish I could tell you how this moment in time came out, but I had to answer the door. When I came back to the computer room, the sun had moved, and I couldn't see the spider web strand or the insect, I don't know if the insect fell victim to the spider web, or if the little thing flew off to another plant. The chess games lost their appeal so I turned off the computer and will learn the outcome of the tournament tomorrow.
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