Hmmm, I realise that some of my 'small stones' are actually heading more towards becoming boulders!
The idea of a small stone is to be a small piece of observational writing, a moment fully experienced and polished into the fewest essential words.
For now, I've decided to allow my small stones to sometimes grow into something else. To become a larger, less polished, less shapely stone if that's how it wants to be that day. The most important part of joining the river for me is to take real notice more in the world around me and the fleeting experiences of my time as it passes, however apparently trivial or mundane, however seemingly insignificant. To transform any ordinary minute into a minute I have been fully aware in and can appreciate, however beautiful or uncomfortable it is.
Even if it becomes a boulder, or even perhaps a complete land mass, it still began as a small stone, sprung from the seed of a moment where me and the world met, took notice, and tried to put that simple miracle into words.
What are small stones?
What are Small Stones?
Small stones are an observed moment,
written down. My small stones were initially inspired by the River of Stones
project each January, which sees hundreds of people observing a moment or
experience in their day and writing it down for the month. They can then be
shared on blogs, Facebook, Twitter or just written in a notebook, on a pebble,
the loo roll... To find out more about the flow of this simple movement to bring
more presence and awareness into our lives, check out the following link: http://www.writingourwayhome.com/p/small-stones.html
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