Clarity
My Own World
Scientists try to understand the universe
but I,
not being a scientist in the least,
try only to understand
my own microcosm within it.
And that just makes sense --
In simplicity and smallness,
clarity is found.
Mother of Invention, keeping it simple.
posted by Mother of Invention at 7:18 AM
15 Comments:
...and understanding that's hard enough, isn't it!
But, if you're a scientist, looking at the simple and small, you find there's something simpler and smaller, and then... oh, the box within the box thing...
Definately need those times to keep it simple
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Lovely words! Reminds me of William Blake saying "...to see a world in a grain of sand..."
Sunday, November 05, 2006
I enjoyed how your poem about clarity was clear and simple. The poem itself symbolizes what it says. Nice!
Monday, November 06, 2006
Annelisa: Yes, a different perspective again from The Russian Doll Scientist! I've been simplifying my life lately by cleaning out drawers, my attic etc.! Seemed fitting.
Nancy: Thanks for the visit and kind words! Your 2 blogs are very impressive! I really enjoyed them.
And I guess you could say,"and to see the grain of sand in the world"!!!
Brooksba: Thanks, Beth! Exactly...you always get what I mean to say on multi-levels.
Monday, November 06, 2006
What a beautiful thought. I imagine the clarity of the simple and small opening the wider world to your heart and understanding. After all, we are all people with the same basic needs.
Monday, November 06, 2006
This goes so nicely with Pauline's post today, which also talks about simplifying one's life. The universe is far too big a place to search for the things that really matter.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Maggie: Thanks and you can well imagine how I sort of use a funnel, the smallest part is in my heart/mind and it opens up from there but very slowly, and sometimes I don't look out at the huge world. Sometimes, I am better to be a small ant in the big colony!
Barbara: You are so right. You can get lost searching! I've checked out Pauline's site yesterday and today, and it's great! A grade 2 teacher too! Thanks!
Monday, November 06, 2006
It probably won't surprise you that I am one of those who wants to know it all. I personally believe that everything is knowable.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Thanks for the poem, Mother. The world is amazing regardless of how much or how little we understand.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Richard: Nope! And I know you have a lot of knowledge and crave more. I sometimes get lost in the bigger picture, then try to search for myself in it,it's elusive so I try to pare down everything into simple terms so I don't get overwhelmed.
Stephen: Yes it is. And sometimes we try to make sense of it, and at other times, we just want to sit back and marvel at it!
Monday, November 06, 2006
I like this. Short, simply, thought-provoking. Thanks, Mother.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Beth: Thanks..sometimes I have to rein in instead of fan out.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
How true and succintly put.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
a nicely written poem! and so true that for non-scientist like us, it is already hard to understand our own small universe...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Old Lady: Thanks..that's what I was goin' for!
Fennymun: Thanks and for the visit too! It can all be overwhelming if not kept small and personal sometimes.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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