Fallen Trees

Rethinking the power of three

Is it really two plus a third?

Starting a dialogue.

A dialogue involves two plus the topic (question)

Watching the mother dove with her two newly hatched babies reminds me of the Socratic Dialogue; it seems to me the birds already know how to fly—the mother seems to teach them how to stretch in their nest, and holds their food up high so they have to extend their neck to reach the mother’s beak. In doing so, they stretch their entire body to the point that they begin to discover their balance and gravity and their wings as they begin flapping vigorously while still safe in the nest. 

The mother has been spending periods of time out of the nest still within her eyesight, but not visible to her young. They seem to be adjusting to the temperature without her. I think of her and our twins in their nests (from womb to room to backyard…). 

I think the “woods” were my sons’ sky. 

This is where they flew in the dirt 

and mud and 

fallen trees.