Taking Hold

Taking Hold

Our relation to the appearance and formation of thought is something worth taking note of.  Like the sound of a distant noise, however, this occurrence is fated to leave us the moment we observe it.  In fact this blossoming, or the thing that grasps our attention, is in some ways the absence of what we have not understood.  The wake of this realization then, from which our perceptions and our ideals form the totality of its meaning, and not the realization itself, is what we find ourselves contemplating.  If anyone has ever searched for anything in their lives, they know what this means: until one part of that object, or the object as a whole is seen, there is not the slightest concern that something may be held in the palm of your hand.  But when it is noticed, you may find that what you have taken hold of, has already been in some way grasped.

Douglas Thornton