[futureyes]

hmm ...

a few weeks back ... i came across a painting in a gallery ... hooked me as i couldn't make out quite what it was ... abstract yes but there was something about it ... so i sat and viewed it ...

i eventually seen many leaves within its composition ... in various different colors ... only how i perceived it ...

then i watched other's reactions of this painting when they came upon it ... some simply kept walking without slowing down ... others slowed down but when it seemed they didn't get it ... they walked on ...

still some stopped their selves and did what i did ... took a moment ... or many ... to feel if this said painting resonated with them ... if it did ... what did they perceive of it ... the comments i heard were so vast ... some seen planets while others could see rhinos ...

i sat at this painting for quite some time ... pulling in something much deeper than the obvious ... the painting i was viewing ...

i was learning about perception and resonance ... how we individually all differ in this way ...

was it ok for me to have spent time with this painting ... sure it was ... intuitively i resonated with wanting to know more about it ...

was it ok for others to walk by it ... sure it was ... that was their truth and they simply kept walking ... intuitively ...

i hadn't witnessed anyone saying to the passerbys that they must stop at this painting just because they their selves had ...

no passerby made any comment to the others who were viewing this painting that they were silly to do so ... they simply commented to their selves ... it wasn't for them ... they already knew immediately ...

no one was of the right and no one was of the wrong ...

perception ... resonance ... the setting a gallery ... where all knew that whatever hangs on those walls ... either will or will not resonate with everyone for we are all different ... we all knew that going in ... all remembered this ...

if a group of people ... got together ... and decided to purchase this said painting ... truly believed it was of that worth to them ... would it be fair for the passerbys to come back and tell this group of purchasers that this painting is a far cry from its tagged price ... that they did not feel it was and therefore ... this group should not as well ...

would it be fair to say that this group's decision was based upon free will ... that if the painting resonated with their selves and they would pay that price for it ... that it must be true and right for them?

would it be fair to say that it would be up to this group of purchasers ... to take said painting back to their home ... or office ... and trust that over time ... they either will or they won't continue appreciating this painting as they once did when it hung on the walls of the gallery ...

would it be fair to know that while it was in their possession ... that they got something from it ... some understanding that only they required ... and others did not ...

could we trust they could make an informed choice that resonated within them ... to buy this painting because they appreciate it for what they will receive from it ... through its resonance within them ...

could we trust that they have something to gain ... within the bigger picture ... that others do not ...

would i have personally purchased that painting ...

individually ... i don't have that kind of money ...

collectively ... i'd have to feel if the painting and the other buyers ... resonated within me to do so ... did i have the same perception of the painting as they did ...

and if i chose to become one of the buyers ... i would trust the passerbys respected my decision ... that i have something to learn from participating in the acquirement of the art piece ...

that i felt it was of the value ...

and if i decided it was not ... that the group would have trust in me that it was not for me ... and respect me as such ...

hmm ...