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Have you ever found yourself distracted by the beauty of the moon? It happens to me quite often. As a “Supermoon” approaches Saturday night, you may find yourself more aware of her presence. If you have clear skies and a good view, take a moment to glance her way.
There she is, reflecting light and beauty in the darkness. Even when we cannot see her, we know that she is still there, loyally rising and falling, vanishing and reappearing without fail.
But what is it about the moon that I find most beautiful?
Her scars.
My eyes scan her surface in the same way that they do when I am up close to my favorite paintings at the Met. Just as I imagine the artist’s brushstrokes manipulating and moving the paint along the surface of the canvas, crafting a masterpiece, in my mind’s eye, I can visualize the impacts that left our moon marked and scarred. Her highlights outline her blemishes, or imperfections left behind from collisions that occurred years ago. Craters are mapped out, and named. They are a part of who she is, though they did not destroy her. The scars left behind on the surface of the moon are what make her unique and beautiful.
So whatever challenges you face, whatever collision you can not avoid that leaves you marked or scarred, just look to the moon for inspiration. You never know when you may be the moon to someone else, reflecting light and beauty with your own scars.
*To learn more about the three Supermoons that will occur this summer, you can watch a short clip from NASA Science Cast. Also, make sure to check out Bill Ingalls’ incredible photos of the Supermoon in Washington DC last year.
Beautiful pictures – and I love that moon print! It will make an appearance in the main bath when we’re finished with it!
It makes me smile to think that there’s a little bit of me in your home… and still in Hawaii!
There is! And the Focus picture is in my office with the arrow pointing down at the little message board that holds my to do list 😀
Aww… I LOVE it! Thanks for all of your support, Kristin.
The Focus piece is actually one of the very few of my own work that I have printed on canvas. I quite deliberately chose that composition to remind myself that only I have control of what I choose to focus on in my life. An important lesson that I need reminding of regularly during this season of life!