Sounds of laughter, shades of light are ringing through my open ears

July 11, 2008
(Green-ness)
From the Journal of Derek Rury

I had another short, out-of-mind experience today. I had been laying down for about an hour and when I sat up, I just stared out the window. Not looking at anything in particular, but rather just seeing the unadultered mid day light blast the green of a leaf into my eyes. This stimulus was compared to the dimness of that same color coming from the large French Sprite bottle I had bought earlier sitting right in front of the window. The contrast of the pure natural color to the manufactured sparkle of the glass was mesmerizing. But my mesmerization was caused not simply because of these two objects sharing the same generic color quality, but rather by my mind finding both comfort and frustration in each, summing up my failures and triumphs so far here in this country. My body and mind are struggling in utter happiness.

Across the Universe - The Beatles