Video: A Part of Nature

Let me tell the behind-the-scenes story…

I received this great brass Tibetan bell (thank you, Nancy B!) that might normally be used outside a door or in a garden or anywhere it can hang. I of course wanted to use it along with our meditation circle – hence I needed a stand so it could be self-supportive.

Without reflecting more than a second, I thought I would ask Kirk for some help in this regard. So one recent Saturday morning before class I told Kirk about the need for a stand and offered him to take the bell. Rather than take the bell, he casually eye-balled its size between his outstretched thumb and pinky and said, “Let me see what I can do.”

What you see above is the creative-genius type of outcome. Kirk was in his backyard and saw these twigs from his holly tree and then threaded one through the other as a joint or bracing point, and then flattened the ends so it would “stand” and then made a little niche where the bell could hang.

Is this not a work of natural beauty?

And yes, we did of course use it at last Thursday’s meditation circle and it made the gathering all the more charming…

Thank you Nancy and Kirk for your wonderful contributions of generosity and creativity.