the saying “the devil is in the details”…
as i sat today, on a berm, overlooking the woods adjacent to Assunpink Lake in Millstone NJ, I saw a downed log, and the end of said log looked like a devil’s face, horns and all, I am sure the location of the shadows also made this sinister face pop against the landscape, and that saying popped into my head, but then something else did… maybe god is in the details, or not maybe at all… the realization that every single thing that has happened in all of the history of the universe for this moment to happen (and this post)… is both overwhelming and humbling in the same moment, a feeling filled me up, an interior light turned on, regardless of the imperfection of the world, here I am sitting on a still slightly wet hill from the rain the night before, observing the universe in the most miniscule of form- but yet the most beautiful, hearing the cicadas sing their song, the sun peeking around the trees, the geese sounding like an angry mob electing a politician, the subtle up ticks of the breeze bending reeds and the blades of grass into my knees, no, maybe the devil is in the details but the ones that count… maybe that is the universe sending you a love letter, take the time to read it…

Location of photos: Assunpink Lake, Millstone NJ