"If one day I see a small bird and recognize it
a thin thread will form between me and that bird. If I just see it but don’t really recognize it, there is no thin thread.
If I go out tomorrow and see and really recognize that same individual small bird again, the thread will thicken and strengthen just a little. Every time I see and recognize that bird, the thread strengthens.
Eventually it will grow into a string, then a cord, and finally a rope. This is what it means to be a Bushman."
Follow
the thread, yes.
attachment.
when a little one i recognize fails to appear again,
i know.
Sartre was right, one can feel absence,
deeply.
suffering grief.