Le son des oignions

Zon

volle maan

in spiegel baan

er zomaar tussen staan

een vermoeden van winter

nog wat rood in de magnolia

de vleugelnoot viert zijn lange slierten

Clignotements et chuchotements

Aux étangs et dans les champs

l’ombre du Séquoia géant

flexions et réflexions

 jardinier bruyant

Qi has a multitude of meanings, some of them around the idea/sensation/awareness of vital force which is again a multitude of ideas/sensations/awareness’s which are observed by individuals similar to the manifestations of “qi” within the transformation of things in the world.  

If we nevertheless search for a comparable scientific observable manifestation, light may come to hand. Light can be “seen” by all, nevertheless we know that there are a lot of manifestations of light: invisible light (radiology), a lot of light colors eg in the rainbow and that the combination of all colors is white (light) or black (painting). Besides, we may look at light as a straight line with a speed or as waves with a frequency (which at first sight is a scientific contradiction, nevertheless it is scientific).

In this multitude of lights and with the line/wave contradiction, I think, we find something similar and illustrative of QI.

Light may come to hand to illustrate the taiji symbol. Light generates shadow(s). But what about the other way around?  Can shadow generate light? It took e a while before finding examples but yes some lights need darkness to be seen: the stars, the moon (most of the time, may be seen during day time too) and fireflies…

Is there a union between light and shadow? Sun/moon is an example … subject to explore.

Taiji is als licht zo licht

Licht is zowel een straal als een golf, zoek hetrechte in het ronde en omgekeerd

De diversiteit van licht is immens, elke frequentie een andere kleur…

Maar licht bundelt, in wit licht, dat we niet zien maar wel toelaat dat we alles zien

Licht is licht maar soms lichter en minder licht

Het i om ons en binnen ons

Taiji is as light as light

Light is as well straight as round: straight as in a beam of sun, round as the demi circles that make a wave …

Light is very diversified, all frequencies,  all kind of colours …

Light unifies all those colours into the “light”

The “light”, we do not see it, it is transparent but it enables us to see.

Light is light, but it may be lighter or darker …

We can imagine light around us as well within us