Lady of Shalott
What Have I Seen: Reflections on Seeing from Those Who Live
This post is a continuation of previous posts entitled “Building Altars: How Seeds, Weeds, and Lichen Saved my Life”
III.
For thirty years I have kept a postcard depicting a young woman, hair wild and red, in a small boat, oars at rest, no expectation of traveling far. This is the moment of her destiny, the exact moment of seeing the world as it is. It wi…