For Sherry’s prompt over at Real Toads – Water. We learn that water crystals react differently to different words and images.
Innocence
“The intriguing placidity from the slothful pace of a snail is truly very peaceful. Our world is in need of this calmness to pacify itself” – Munia Khan
a snail takes a shower,
turning this way and that.
sipping the water,
extending its antenna to
get the most out of the water.
you can see the snail
opening and closing its mouth,
so close to human…
unlike us,
water becomes innocent.
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Aug 18, 2019 @ 08:46:48
That is the most Amazingly peaceful video! I love the sound of the water, the slow moving of her head. I think i will emulate the slug today. I love your poem, especially that the water is innocent. That’s why it hurts that we are polluting it so badly. Well said, Toni, and thanks for the video.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 11:27:37
Thank you Sherry. This has become one of my favorite vids. So….innocent.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 09:19:20
What a great post
Aug 18, 2019 @ 16:28:30
Thank you so much!
Aug 18, 2019 @ 11:10:50
I sometimes feel that we should take moments to be like the snail
Aug 18, 2019 @ 11:26:36
As do I
Aug 18, 2019 @ 11:31:53
Water, a large pleasure for desert dwellers, is such a small pleasure (I think) for a snail.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 11:44:25
It is a large pleasure. Size of the enjoyee does not matter. It is a huge pleasure to us non-desert dwellers. It is all on the perspective.
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Aug 18, 2019 @ 12:41:51
Sometimes life slows down enough that we can truly see it. Lovely. Thank you, Gabby the snail. And thank you, Toni!
Aug 18, 2019 @ 12:45:20
And thank you!
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Aug 18, 2019 @ 13:03:46
This is beautiful! You capture the moment so well ❤
Aug 18, 2019 @ 16:28:06
Thank you Sanaa
Aug 18, 2019 @ 14:12:53
I love the video clip and your ekphrastic poem, Toni. How wonderful to take the time to enjoy the water, just like the snail.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 16:27:53
I love this vid. It is now one of my favorites.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 16:51:10
I would never have imagined this–the snail in the water, the idea of shower and participant both becoming cleaner for the interaction. A lovely poem.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 16:55:51
What a lovely video and your charming poem reminds us we need to appreciate our water resources
Thanks for dropping by my sumie Sunday today Toni
Much❤🕊❤love
Aug 18, 2019 @ 18:00:01
I screamed while watching the video. Slime!!!! A good write, though 🙂
Aug 18, 2019 @ 19:34:27
Your poem made me contemplate the snail, which (admittedly) I have never done. We can learn fro the humblest of creatures.
Aug 18, 2019 @ 20:02:56
I remember once sitting on my mother’s deck during a hot dry summer. She had several saucers of water sitting about. I sat for an hour watching various bugs, bees, butterflies coming to drink from the saucers. She told, even small creatures need to drink. I remember there were two snails making their plodding way across the deck. She picked them and set them at the saucers. I never forgot it. They drank and bathed themselves.
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Aug 18, 2019 @ 21:05:38
Loved the poem! Loved the video! An awesome post!
Aug 18, 2019 @ 23:04:20
Sadly we have an inflated idea of ourselves as humans so it is good to see a snail behave just like us in a shower, and with so much trust for the human’s hand. Wonderful!
Aug 19, 2019 @ 01:07:04
Thank you. I love this vid!
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Aug 19, 2019 @ 09:01:06
Someone once told me that we can all be children in the water. Your poem made me think of that.
Aug 19, 2019 @ 23:07:54
Only humans taint everything they touch… well said, Toni!