What do I do with my cottage time besides take pictures on the beach, shovel, cook and write on this blog? I do jigsaw puzzles. Working on a jig, as I call it, gets me “out of my head” and into my right brain. I’m not a very sedentary person, and I don’t concentrate easily for long periods of time, so having a jig to jig back and forth to appeals to my internal rhythm.
Working on a jigsaw puzzle is also a meditative experience. Sometimes my conscious thinking just disappears. Other times it wanders as a stream of consciousness. For example, this puzzle of the Thanksgiving painting by Norman Rockwell initiated a reflection that went from being thankful for this cottage by the sea, to the realization that the 3S’s conjure up thoughts of gratitude, to the idea that there is a fourth S, that of Service, and then to the practical idea that I want to create a section on this website that addresses the deeper questions about the purpose of life. You know what kinds of questions, because I’m sure you have them, too. What’s the purpose of life? Of my life? What about God? What is this mysterious something that all human beings long for? Why are we here, anyway?
I’ll let you know when I launch the new section, but first I have to shovel and start my next jig.
Working on a jigsaw puzzle is also a meditative experience. Sometimes my conscious thinking just disappears. Other times it wanders as a stream of consciousness. For example, this puzzle of the Thanksgiving painting by Norman Rockwell initiated a reflection that went from being thankful for this cottage by the sea, to the realization that the 3S’s conjure up thoughts of gratitude, to the idea that there is a fourth S, that of Service, and then to the practical idea that I want to create a section on this website that addresses the deeper questions about the purpose of life. You know what kinds of questions, because I’m sure you have them, too. What’s the purpose of life? Of my life? What about God? What is this mysterious something that all human beings long for? Why are we here, anyway?
I’ll let you know when I launch the new section, but first I have to shovel and start my next jig.