Natural Thing

Posted in Consciousness, Dragon, Insects, Life, Love, Macro Photography, Meditation, Nature, Photography, Relaxation, Spirituality, Sustainability, Truth? by Mark on 14/06/2019

*Click on the pictures for a proper look … and click again

The eyes have it.

And the ears.

As I got out of the car I noticed movement in the grass about 20m away. As I looked to see what it was it stopped still and slowly sank to the ground as, I suspect, it registered eyes on it.

Water dragon, much like the last one only smaller, winter time thinner. But just as placid, made no move to run, no suggestion of attack. Up close s/he was positively relaxed.

Male or female, it doesn’t really matter to the sense of things. Only in consideration of other matters that really don’t matter here.

The fact is it is a wild, savage creature. Surviving on the edge of civilization and behaving with instinctive integrity, being.

All creatures have it, the absence of that self-consciousness that signifies ‘trouble’ in people – an emotional cunning.

It’s what attracts us to nature, the innocence, an honest engagement with natural intelligence in uncivilized form.

You always know where you stand with nature, no double think.

No thinking at all.

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exploringmycalifornia said, on 17/06/2019 at 12:44 pm

Beautiful close-up photos.

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- Mark said, on 17/06/2019 at 3:11 pm
  
  Thanks E…
  
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Dani Lloyd-Prichard said, on 17/06/2019 at 10:54 am

Visual therapy to slow and behold…perfect!

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- Mark said, on 17/06/2019 at 12:40 pm
  
  Yes, what we acknowledge ‘outside’ has an effect ‘inside’. Though one is really the other, oscillating …
  
  Thanks Dani.
  
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Jane Lurie said, on 15/06/2019 at 7:45 am

Incredible, Mark. The details and colors…and the eye. Woah! Nature is marvelous. 🤗

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- Mark said, on 15/06/2019 at 1:36 pm
  
  Yes, the marvels that come out of nature, our nature.
  
  Thanks Jane.
  
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minkreativitetsblog said, on 14/06/2019 at 11:14 pm

Lovely

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- Mark said, on 15/06/2019 at 1:35 pm
  
  Indeed …
  
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Nuno França - Photography said, on 14/06/2019 at 8:35 pm

Beautiful! :)

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- Mark said, on 15/06/2019 at 1:35 pm
  
  She is …
  
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niasunset said, on 14/06/2019 at 4:45 pm

Oh My Goodness!

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- Mark said, on 14/06/2019 at 4:50 pm
  
  Goodness it is … Thanks Nia.
  
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Harry van Gastel said, on 14/06/2019 at 3:44 pm

In the eyes of all “your” creatures : your respect and love for them.

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- Mark said, on 14/06/2019 at 4:50 pm
  
  Thanks Harry. That is of course the impersonal ‘you’. :-)
  
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David Herman said, on 14/06/2019 at 12:09 pm

`WOW … as always

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- Mark said, on 14/06/2019 at 1:58 pm
  
  :-)
  
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Cate said, on 14/06/2019 at 11:21 am

What a cool critter! I appreciate your reflection too, about the innocence and honesty — the authenticity — of the natural world compared to the manmade.

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- Mark said, on 14/06/2019 at 1:57 pm
  
  Yes, authentic … Good word for it.
  
  Thanks Cate.
  
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Michael Scandling said, on 14/06/2019 at 8:30 am

The eyes have it. Stunning.

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- Mark said, on 14/06/2019 at 1:59 pm
  
  Do you see … there’s nothing in there. Nothing to see to name.
  
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