A.J. West

@AJ_West
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A question is an answer
looking for itself.

#question #answer

To not know

is to leave reality
room to appear.

#ToNotKnow

The look within

is not inward.

It is the turning away
from objects
toward their appearing.

#within

The song of a blackbird at dawn

is the world
speaking before names return.

The song of a blackbird at dusk

is a small certainty
inside a changing sky.

#certainty

Whale is vastness
learning weight.

A living memory
moving through depth.

Not ruler.
Not symbol.

A body so large
it makes the ocean visible.

#whale

A principle is a pattern
that survives the situation.

Not a rule.

A shape that keeps appearing
under different conditions.

#principle

Richness is abundance
without counting.

Not possession.
Not accumulation.

The felt fullness
of a field
not measuring itself.

#richness

Mind is the habit
of turning movement into things.

A flow of distinctions
solidifying into objects, causes, selves.

Useful for navigation.

It draws nouns
where life is mostly verbs.

#mind

There are impulses
that seek continuation.

And impulses
that end it.

One reaches.
One resolves.

They can feel similar at first.

Only one leaves silence behind.

#Impulses