Ziuhitsu

When laying on the ground

When lay down on the bare ground everything feels so much bigger. The grass is tall and you feel as though you are seeing things as a rabbit or other such animal would see, You feel grounded and close the nature. You feel the dirt under your hands and you know that you are a part of the Earth.

On the Matter of Dogs
Humans tend to say that we are better and more intelligent than common animals such as the dog. I disagree. If we were better than dogs then why do we take more than we need? Why do have wars among our own kind? Though I may be as guilty of these as the rest of our sad race at least I can admit it. Dogs are said to be “man’s best friend.” Do we treat them as their title suggests we should? No.
We abuse dogs, neglect them and throw packs of them out on the street to die. We have so much that we could learn from them and yet we treat them like garbage.
Dogs are kind to everyone. They will love and trust anyone. They obey their master, and they take only what they need. Humans on average are kind only to their inner circle and don’t trust many people. We love few and are stubborn and willful. We overuse our resources and are killing ourselves and everything else along with the planet we live on. To hell with humanity if this is what it stands for.
There is no such thing as a bad dog; there is only the human who teaches it.’

Things that disagree with nature
Tearing down forest so humans can live in the excess that we take away from others
Lone wolves
Enslaving wild creatures to serve our own wants
Killing an endangered species
Causing a species to go extinct
A squirrel in New York

Central park, New York, an oasis amid the tall, smog emitting buildings and factories. Tall trees and lush grass blanket it, except where masses of humans and human constructions huddle in the scarce shade. Two squirrels sit together beside a tree. One takes a fragment of nut from my hand. It saddens me that they have been corrupted to trust my kind.


On the subject of clouds

A boy lay looking at the clouds. They turned pink, purple and a striking orage as he watched. He then realized how beautiful nature could be.
Beautiful things
The sky at twighlight
A mother holding her child
Roses with dew drops on them
Dark rain clouds
Koi fish in a pond
The stray dog
Mothers say to their children, “Stay away from that dog, you don’t where its been!” While the second part may be true shouldn’t at least help lost creatures home? I was forbidden to go near it. I fed it and it left shortly after. I was punished.


Annoyances
Mosquitoes buzzing
Bee stings
Spider bites
Bitter plants
Tame Cats

On the matter of wild creatures
I believe that wild creatures should be respected by us and be left to be free. They should have no feces to contain them besides what had been made by the Earth to keep them where they need to be.