The imagination works through suggestion, not description. … Suggestion respects the mystery and richness of a thing. All it offers are clues to its nature. Suggestion keep the mystery open ad extends us the courtesy of inviting us to see a thing for ourselves.*
(John O’Donohue)
We think we tell stories, but often stories tell us.**
(Rebecca Solnit)
There are times when we need to provide a description of who we are and what we do for others to understand.
Yet we are far more than a description, no matter how thorough.
Beyond description lies mystery.
A place of unfolding change, some think endless possibility.
It is where I hope to journey with others.
*From John O’Donohue’s Divine Beauty;
**Rebecca Solnit, quoted in Bernadette Jiwa’s What Great Storytellers Know.