Mystery

«Every time he gazed at the night sky, with its countless celestial bodies, illuminating the profuse and deep darkness, and submitted it, to the limited scrutiny capacity of the human eye, he automatically condemned his terrestrial nature to navigate his thoughts between two compelling possibilities: whether to feel crushed under the acknowledgment of the unimaginable dimension of the universe’s infinity, or to surrender to the irresistible attraction of being sucked in to the vastness of its mysteries. It was roaming between those two possibilities that he always found a starting point from which to derive his thoughts.» 

                                                 By Raquel R. in Short Story number 11 

                                        “And I, infinitesima­l being, 

drunk with the great starry
void,
likeness, image of
mystery,
I felt myself a pure part
of the abyss,
I wheeled with the stars,
my heart broke loose on the wind.”

Pablo Neruda 

Night sky

«As always, in those occasions, he followed the standard procedure that had proved to be the most effective in appeasing those sudden peaks of lucidity, and after carefully selecting a secluded area, he engaged in the apparent prosaic action of  looking up to the night sky.» 

                                                  By Raquel R. in Short Story number 11

«I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.» 

                                                                                                Brian Greene 

       
                          Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds from Western Australia from Colin Legg on Vimeo.

Imperceptible speech

«The product of that imperceptible speech can be found everywhere, whether in the form a slightest chill in the spine or in a stubborn certainty that despite the faint odds, never fades away.» 

                                                 By Raquel R. in Short Story number 11

«And softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.»

                                                                                                                W.B.Yeats 



      
          Aurora Substorm - Real time motion from kwon, o chul on Vimeo. via The Kid Should See This

Hidden wonders

«A long time ago she trained herself to dissect the ordinary routines that everyone takes for granted and find beauty in them. So, every day, she neglected the obvious and chased the simple details which are generally right in front of us, hence, habitually overlooked.» 

                                                   By Raquel R. in Short Story number 7

«It seems to me there’s so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamt of.»

                                                                                                 Vincent Van Gogh 
                                                         


                               The pleasure of from Vitùc on Vimeo. (here)