Energy from an aging lily..

The lily turns green as it ages apparently. Even as it ages, it is photogenic.. well anything is photogenic really as it thrives and decays depending on the photographer.


Gratitude exists for all the recent opportunities for travel and new connections and for reaffirming existing connections. Linking up with strangers and talking about ways of grinding cane to make juice and adultery and other things.



The travel though not necessarily being refreshing and rejuvenating even as all the time thinking of living in the moment. Walking into an unattended exhibition and meeting an artist from Pakistan who said that she does not bother to lock her door where she lives while thinking of the mad violence in Guyana since the elections.

The post election civil war did not happen, but people turning on each other still.

Guyana being this place where the hysteria of those who won the elections now being replaced either by concern that change taking too long to come, or denial that stupidness continues to happen in some places.

And the despair of those who feel that they lost the election and nothing good will happen for them even though nothing good happened for many of them before.

It is too easy to be fatigued in Guyana. Guyana is a good lesson for detached living for those who want to try it.

The lily was a nice surprise and even as it ages and dies out, it remains interesting. I am hoping that my continued interest in the lily despite the fatigue is a sign that I will remain interested in things around me without feeling tired doing so.