The office park in which I work is right next to a big slab of conservation land. When time permits, my favorite lunchtime activity is to escape out to the woods and go for a walk. It clears my head, gets my heart pumping a bit, and gives me some much needed solitude.
A few months ago, I was sharing my walk with a coworker. We came across a big pile of bricks and decided to make something. He made a wall and I built a circle.
The next time I went back into the woods, our sculpture had been altered. Someone had made an exclamation point out of bricks, right in the middle of the circle.
I changed the circle to a yin/yang sign.
For the next month or so, every time I went back into the woods there was something different. It was always a thrill to see what would be there. A heart. I changed it into a question mark. A bullseye. I built a stonehenge structure.
We were communicating, this faceless person and I. We were collaborating. Invisibly.
Last week I was out in the woods (it had been way too long), and a family was playing with the bricks. Four kids and two parents. Stacking and sorting, making shapes and playing. I smiled at them and walked on by.
I don't think they were my original invisible community. But they had become a part of it.
Being a part of the Building a Better Blog community has given me that same thrill. But we have pictures, so we're not so invisible.
3 comments:
What a great story. Thanks for sharing it.
I agree, Cammy--this is a beautiful story beautifully told. Thank you.
Thanks! I've been meaning to write about this for awhile and took that picture on my cell phone a week or two ago in preparation. Michele's post this morning about the community building experience of the 31 Day Blog Challenge inspired me to finally get it out there.
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