X marks the spot. Yes, I am here and seeing the serendipity that rests on this X.
A generation or so ago, others chose this place on the map to avoid being where their X marked a spot. They simply, or maybe not so simply, re-charted it.
Footloose and searching, I've been here and gone, been and gone and returned even after those who chose this X have long since departed this mortal plane.
Because succeeding generations have chosen to stay within driving range, X clings to my bones like a taproot to an oak and I'm almost convinced this is the better X.
A generation or so ago, others chose this place on the map to avoid being where their X marked a spot. They simply, or maybe not so simply, re-charted it.
Footloose and searching, I've been here and gone, been and gone and returned even after those who chose this X have long since departed this mortal plane.
Because succeeding generations have chosen to stay within driving range, X clings to my bones like a taproot to an oak and I'm almost convinced this is the better X.
For now.
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Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized in Irfanview, framed in Microsoft Digital Image.
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15 comments:
"X clings to my bones like a taproot." What eloquent words! Your fractal is lovely!
Wherever you go, you are there. May we always learn to bloom wherever the X mark is.
cheers.
Xellently done. I'm not sure where my 'x' is, but I'm sure I'll find it one day :-)
Lucky you and your successive generations - I am currently struggling with mine being so far away... somethings gotta give, and we all know what that is...
Know where you're going - temember whereyou come from.
I like 'X marked a spot' and 'serendipity that rests on this X'.
Lovely
X traordinary.
very creative...
Delightful word play; yet the underlying meaning is clear.
Very cryptical like only an X can :)
Where ever you go, there you are!"clings to my bones like a taproot to an oak" says it all!
I have always moved around so I reckon that it isn't the house that makes the home but the people in it. You are doing alright if you have them nearby too.
I like the way this is written, like the idea of considering where I live to be the place I’ve marked with an X for now. In no place I’ve ever lived have I felt settled, like “this is the place I belong,” yet I would like to experience that. And the X seems to allow for belonging without committing.
Forgive me for not coming by sooner.
I think your blog is spectacular! Your artwork is just beautiful.
X marks the spot. Like a treasure map, but your treasure is where you are.
Thank you for stopping by--it's nice to meet you!
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