and of course i thought of more after my initial reaction... a safe place... someplace where the connection seems strongest... we have a lot of vista points in the area.. have spent a lot of time in them... searching... for answers...

i've also connected in dark alleyways where the smells are like open sewage and only shadows move...

a Zen saying i remember: a tiger was chasing a monk across the field when all at one there was a cliff and the only escape was to jump 300 or so feet straight down..

the monk looks at the tiger and makes his decision quickly as he narrowly escapes the tigers powerful swing... and gets hooked on a branch stopping his fall about 15 feet from the top, an easy climb back up...

on the branch which stopped his fall was one purplish/pink blossom... to himself he said: "I have never seen such beauty."

the fear for life back from certain death response... who do we thank? in the riddle the answer is to be deduced, the answer is clear... who has made beauty? none other than... God..

catharsis is a spiritual endeavor... a seeking by one human being and mysteriously, the journey actually leads somewhere...

Thanks again Tomi for participating in this process... very real...