Clinch Mountain overlook (Obviously a favorite photo…see header)
David Hinton translates hexagram No. 2 as “Earth”. Wilhem translation is “receptive”. Other translations include “field” and “flow”.
Field in spring
Eagle Creek watershed
Tag Archives: Clinch Mountain
Friday photos: I Ching No. 52 Keeping still
22 Jan Fossils 1
Fossils 2
Fossils 3
Treptichnus pedum: Earliest widespread complex fossil body.
Anthropoda: Invertebrate, exoskeleton, segmented body.
From the Cambrian period of the Paleozoic Era 500 million years ago.
Stones used to build this wall @ Clinch Mountain overlook. They stay “still”.
I have not studied geology since Mr. West’s 8th grade Earth Science class. Please advise of corrections required. Thanks to Wikipedia for the science jargon refresher!
NOTE: Fossils are not good examples for illustrating I Ching concepts. I Ching is an elegant text on changes and transitions in life. The time interval for changes are more aligned with days and seasons than with hundreds of millions of years. I choose these images because of the detail, movement and abundance of ocean life which was trapped and “kept still”.
Friday Photos: I Ching No. 57 Wind and No. 58 Lake
6 NovThere are many layers of meanings associated with I Ching. I captured some of them on my I Ching inspiration page. Hexagram 57 and 58 are both double trigrams for wind and lake respectively……soooo how does a wall become a good match for wind? This particular wall located at the Clinch Mountain overlook…windy; and part of the text refers to the penetrating nature of wind….well I was fortunate get this image of shadow and wall as a vanishing point or penetrating image.
I Ching No. 57 Gentle penetrating wind @ Clinch Mountain
I Ching No. 58 Lake view @ Clinch Mountain overlook
