Wild Innocence by Bodhi Smith

Jun 26, 2020

"wild innocence" an impression of mine from 2016 (with this newly written blog!!)...

"this wild tree chose me...she asked me to capture the essence of her innocence. i do not know how that is humanly possible, but believe me, it happened...it's like something magical and mysterious in the wind was whispering my name through her branches, catching my attention, as my eyes listened to her beauty..." ― bodhinku, wild innocence

"love is a fault; so be it. she was innocence floating high over fault" ― victor hugo, les miserables

"well, she was precious like a flower. she grew wild, wild but innocent. a perfect prayer in a desperate hour: she was everything beautiful and different...stupid boy, you can't fence that in...stupid boy, it's like holdin' back the wind" ― keith urban, stupid boy

"when i have a terrible need of, shall i say the word, religion, then i go out and paint the stars" ― vincent van gogh, letters to theo

"love is a portion of the soul itself...and it's of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise" ― victor hugo, les miserables

my first choice of a truly beautiful tune to listen and accompany my blog today...it is from 1984 and was this band's biggest hit: "the search is over" by survivor ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)...this song is just absolutely perfect, so perfect with its applicable lyrics for the meaning of my impression today (with me finding the location of this "special" joshua tree)...

"how can i convince you what you see is real? who am i to blame you for doubting what you feel? i was always reachin', you were just a girl i knew. i took for granted the friend i had in you...i was living for a dream, loving for a moment. taking on the world, that was just my style. now i look into your eyes, i can see forever...the search is over, you were with me all the while...can we last forever? will we fall apart? at times, it's so confusing, the questions of the heart. you followed me through changes, and patiently you'd wait until i came to my senses through some miracle of fate...i was living for a dream, loving for a moment. taking on the world, that was just my style. now i look into your eyes, i can see forever...ihe search is over, you were with me all the while...now the miles stretch out behind me. loves that i have lost. broken hearts lie, victims of the game...then good luck, it finally struck like lighting from the blue, every highway's leading me back to you...now at last, i hold you. now all is said and done, the search has come full circle, our destinies are one...so if you ever loved me, show me that you give a damn. you'll know for certain, the man i really am...i was living for a dream, loving for a moment. taking on the world, that was just my style. then i touched your hand, i could hear you whisper, the search is over, love was right before my eyes" ― survivor, the search is over

"i was walking around like a blind fool in the dark hopelessly hoping beyond hope to find one that i truly loved. however, it was i that was discovered and found by her" ― bodhinku, found

"if i cease searching, then, woe is me, i am lost. but that is a good thing. that is how i look at it: keep going, keep going, come what may"― vincent van gogh, letters to theo

"to stay in innocence, i go back where everything was nothing" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god

"innocence is a light unto itself" ― osho, freedom and the soul

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MEANING
"i think, even though it is going against all logic, sometimes you truly need to stop searching in order to find what you are looking for, just let yourself be found by that which you seek..." ― bodhinku, stop searching and be found

there is a nice little tale to be told here about this tree you see in this composition of mine and the deeper meaning of my impresion's title...

i was in joshua tree over labor day weekend back in 2016 doing a private adventure tour for a couple of nautical photographers from san diego. we were blessed with some beautiful clear sky's and a colorful milky way...this particular day turned out to be a very long day, as we stayed awake for close to 24 straight hours, but it was a great time and was extremely productive for all involved...and i now have a couple new friends with boats and offers to join them in the future for adventures in their world of the seas...

so, this is a joshua tree close to the hidden valley campground...this wild tree held an aura of innocence that both attracted me, and excited me. she was fascinating, a wild innocence...and hence the oxymoron for the title of this minimalist composition.

strangely though, this wild tree found me as i was walking around like a blind fool in the dark hopelessly hoping beyond hope to find one that i truly loved. however, it was i that was actually discovered and found by her...

"as she stood there in the predawn light, the stars in the milky way illuminated a path directly down to her, and she knowingly outstretched her arm and touched their meaning...all there right before my own eyes, this was no coincidence, this was a celestial sign: i was meant to see her glow. i was star-struck" ― bodhinku, star-struck

and the window of opportunity for the visibility of the milky way fading fast, i was just about to give up finding a good composition of a full figured beautiful joshua tree with the milky way in a perfect vertical position over it, but suddenly my searching headlamp beam made this tree glow in the dark. she seemingly appeared to me out of thin air, how in the hell had i missed this one when i was frantically looking about this large grove of joshua trees??

but i think, even though it is going against all logic, sometimes you truly need to stop searching in order to find what you are looking for, just let yourself be found by that which you seek...

once she found me and got my attention, this middle aged tree stood out so much more beautiful and majestic than all the other trees nearby, so wild, so innocent, so youthful, taking my breath away. it is almost as if she reached out, grabbed me, and made me notice her in a totally different light. it was almost as if this one particular tree knew me somehow already--but that is just crazy talk from a lunatic, tree-hugger right? i was captivated. she was now the object of my desire for the impression i wanted to create...but now it gets even better...

it was at this point when i noticed how extra-special this joshua tree really was: she grew here her whole life, and now stood in the perfect aspect and position under the stars as i stood before her. the stars had been directing my path to her, and her to me...she stood forever in the perfect frame that i had been seeking to find. so cool! and on top of everything else, aligning so magically, this unique one-of-a-kind tree had the impression of having her left branch as a giant hand holding up the milky way above...

are you seriously kidding me? everyone who knows me, knows my fascination with the majesty of trees, and how much i cherish my nights under the stars...oh, how i adore both trees and the milky way..and this was a mystical connection with the tree bridging the terrestrial earth directly to the celestial heavens...i was smitten with her now, no need to look anymore at any more trees, i professed my love for this tree forever and always, my search was over...

i am certain this sounds corny, but this wild tree chose me...she asked me to capture the essence of her innocence. i don't know how that is humanly possible, but believe you-me, it happened...it's like something magical and mysterious in the wind was whispering my name through her branches, capturing my attention, as my eyes listened to her beauty...

on oh-so many levels, being chosen by something so naturally wild like this was very exciting. without previously meeting her before, i felt connected, like i already knew her my whole life...me and a tree, eh? who would have thought a relationship would have happened between us like this so rapidly...literally love at first sight...

"i was living for a dream, loving for a moment. taking on the world, that was just my style. now i look into your eyes, i can see forever...the search is over, you were with me all the while..." ― survivor, the search is over

"that which you seek is seeking you" ― jalaluddin rumi, the essential rumi

the very least i could do was capture something beautiful to show off her grandeur and elegance, and wild innocence to the rest of the world...hopefully i did this well enough with my impression here to bestow the honor she truly deserves...plus, i am hoping beyond hope (again) i was able to give her further justice with this story of discovery of something so simple as a tree.

and now here are a few more quotes from bodhinku to deeper realize this meaning...

"making her alive again, makes me alive again" ― bodhinku, alive

"all someone needs is some one, and sometimes all you need is one time" ― bodhinku, one

"here i am, you are here too" ― bodhinku, here

"without you, i am missing" ― bodhinku, missing

"she is laying here all bare and natural; she has been left alone, abandoned, burdened down, partway buried by her life; she is often hidden and unnoticed; people walk by her and do not see her at all; she is unassuming; she is dulled by time but still carries on; she is trapped, a prisoner of her own devices; she is exposed to me, but does not mind as she is comfortable with me standing before her non-judgmentally. she is perfect to me, i am her suitor. i know i can bring her back to life and give her a glow once anew" ― bodhinku, she is her

"i understand her. she was discarded as useless, but i see a glimmer of the jewel of light inside her. there is a magical glow just beneath her surface. i want to electrify her again, rejuvenate her. i want to bring that out, make her shine again like she did when she was loved for who she was" ― bodhinku, i see her

"there is only one thing i need from you: every thing"― bodhinku, everything

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STORY BEHIND THE IMPRESSION

"oh, how i adore both trees and the milky way..and this was a mystical connection with the tree bridging the terrestrial earth directly to the celestial heavens...i was smitten with her now, no need to look anymore at any more trees, i professed my love for her forever and always, my search was over..." ― bodhinku, smitten

because of the special and unique connection i felt with this tree, a "yucca brevifolia" a.k.a. joshua tree, i would like to give you some information and background on this unique species of flora...

and to go along with this informative section about joshua trees, this next song selection is another favorite of mine, its from my favorite u2 album of all time, "joshua tree" which has its album's cover photos shot in the eastern sierra (contrary to popular misconception, it was not shot in joshua tree national park, but rather in the remote wilderness close instead to death valley national park near darwin, ca which is about 200 miles north of joshua tree national park where my impression here today was shot): "one tree hill" by u2 ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)...

"we turn away to face the cold, enduring chill as the day begs the night for mercy love. the sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars carved into stone on the face of earth. the moon is up and over one tree hill we see the sun go down in your eyes. you run like river, on like a sea. you run like a river runs to the sea. and in the world a heart of darkness, a fire zone where poets speak their heart, then bleed for it. jara sang, his song a weapon in the hands of love. you know his blood still cries from the ground...it runs like a river runs to the sea it runs like a river to the sea...i don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts, while bullets rape the night of the merciful. i'll see you again, when the stars fall from the sky and the moon has turned red over one tree hill...we run like a river, run to the sea. we run like a river to the sea...and when it's raining, raining hard, that's when the rain will break my heart. raining, raining in the heart, raining in your heart, raining, raining to your heart, raining, raining, raining, raining to your heart. raining, raining in your heart, raining in your heart to the sea, oh great ocean, oh great sea. run to the ocean. run to the sea" ― u2, one tree hill

yucca brevifolia is a plant species belonging to the genus yucca. the joshua tree has barely any leaves, just a few balls on the edges, but it is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca.

"surrounded by twisted, spiky trees straight out of a dr. seuss book, you might begin to question your map. where are we anyway? in wonder, the traveler pulls over for a snapshot of this prickly oddity; the naturalist reaches for a botanical guide to explain this vegetative spectacle; and the rock climber shouts “yowch!” when poked by dagger-like spines on the way to the 5.10 climbing route....you may be at ease with pine or hardwood, or find shade under the domesticated trees in your city park, but in the high desert, joshua is our tree. it is an important part of the mojave desert ecosystem, providing habitat for numerous birds, mammals, insects, and lizards. joshua tree forests tell a story of survival, resilience, and beauty borne through perseverance. they are the silhouette that reminds those of us who live here that we are home. like the lorax we speak for the trees, but often the trees speak to us" ― jane rodgers, vegetation specialist

this monocotyledonous tree is native to the arid southwestern united states, specifically california, arizona, utah, nevada, and to northwestern mexico...it is confined mostly to the mojave desert between 400 and 1,800 m (1,300 and 5,900 ft) elevation, especially right around 1300 m (4200 ft)...it thrives in the open grasslands of queen valley and lost horse valley in joshua tree national park. a dense joshua tree forest also exists on the cima dome (cima, california) in the mojave national preserve; as well as along u.s. 93 between the towns of wickenburg and wikieup, and designated as the joshua tree parkway of arizona. the joshua tree appears most often in the higher elevations of the mojave desert. and it rarely appears in death valley.

the joshua tree is also called izote de desierto (spanish, "desert dagger"). it was first formally described in the botanical literature as yucca brevifolia by george engelmann in 1871 as part of the geological exploration of the 100th meridian (or "wheeler survey").

the name "joshua tree" is commonly said to have been given by a group of mormon settlers crossing the mojave desert in the mid-19th century: the tree's role in guiding them through the desert combined with its unique shape reminded them of a biblical story in which joshua keeps his hands reached out for an extended period of time to guide the israelites in their conquest of canaan (joshua 8:18–26). further, the shaggy leaves may have provided the appearance of a beard. however, no direct or contemporary attestation of this origin exists, and the name joshua tree is not recorded until after mormon contact; moreover, the physical appearance of the joshua tree more closely resembles a similar story told of moses.

ranchers and miners who were contemporary with the mormon immigrants used the trunks and branches as fencing and for fuel for ore-processing steam engines. they referred to the fallen or collapsed joshua trees as tevis stumps.

joshua trees are fast growers for the desert; new seedlings may grow at an average rate of 7.6 cm (3.0 in) per year in their first 10 years, then only about 3.8 cm (1.5 in) per year. the trunk consists of thousands of small fibers and lacks annual growth rings, making determining the tree's age difficult. this tree has a top-heavy branch system, but also what has been described as a "deep and extensive" root system, with roots reaching down to 11 m (36 ft). if it survives the rigors of the desert, it can live for hundreds of years; some specimens survive a thousand years. the tallest trees reach about 15 m (49 ft). new plants can grow from seed, but in some populations, new stems grow from underground rhizomes that spread out around the parent tree.

the evergreen leaves are dark green, linear, bayonet-shaped, 15–35 cm long and 7–15 mm broad at the base, tapering to a sharp point; they are borne in a dense spiral arrangement at the apex of the stems. the leaf margins are white and serrated.

flowers typically appear from february to late april, in panicles 30–55 cm tall and 30–38 cm broad, the individual flowers erect, 4–7 cm tall, with six creamy white to green tepals. the tepals are lanceolate and are fused to the middle. the fused pistils are 3 cm tall and the stigma cavity is surrounded by lobes. the semi-fleshy fruit that is produced is green-brown, elliptical, and contains many flat seeds. joshua trees usually do not branch until after they bloom (though branching may also occur if the growing tip is destroyed by the yucca-boring weevil), and they do not bloom every year. like most desert plants, their blooming depends on rainfall at the proper time. they also need a winter freeze before they bloom.

once they bloom, the flowers are pollinated by the yucca moth (tegeticula synthetica), which spreads pollen while laying eggs inside the flower. the larvae feed on the seeds, but enough seeds remain to reproduce. the joshua tree is also able to actively abort ovaries in which too many eggs have been laid.

joshua trees are one of the species predicted to have their range reduced and shifted by climate change. concern remains that they will be eliminated from joshua tree national park, with ecological research suggesting a high probability that their populations will be reduced by 90% of their current range by the end of the 21st century, thus fundamentally transforming the ecosystem of the park. also, concern exists about the ability of the species to migrate to favorable climates due to the extinction of the giant shasta ground sloth (nothrotheriops shastensis) 13,000 years ago; ground sloth dung has been found to contain joshua tree leaves, fruits, and seeds, suggesting that the sloths might have been key to the trees' dispersal...

cahuilla native americans, who have lived in the southwestern united states for generations, identify this plant as a valuable resource and call it hunuvat chiy’a or humwichawa. their ancestors used the leaves of yucca brevifolia to weave sandals and baskets, in addition to harvesting the seeds and flower buds for meals. native americans also used the reddish roots to make dye. yucca tree roots have saponin glycosides...

and many birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects depend on the joshua tree for food and shelter. keep your eyes open for the yellow and black flash of a scott’s oriole busy making a nest in a yucca’s branches. at the base of rocks you may find a wood rat nest built with spiny yucca leaves for protection. as evening falls, the desert night lizard begins poking around under the log of a fallen joshua tree in search of tasty insects...

"you think you are alive
because you breathe air?
shame on you,
that you are alive in such a limited way.
don't be without love,
so you won't feel dead.
die in love
and stay alive forever" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved

"in your light, i learn how to love. in your beauty, how to make poems. you dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes i do, and that sight becomes this art" ― jalaluddin rumi, poems of ecstasy and longing

“the inspiration you seek is already within you. be silent and listen” ― jalaluddin rumi, the essential rumi

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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING

this next song selection is piano piece with no lyrics, but its mood (and corresponding name) go along perfectly with my impression and this blog today: "a wild innocence" a piano prelude by david leroy mcintyre ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the music selection)...

but if you prefer to hear words sung in your melodies, then here is a great country tune to listen with lyrics, kinda somber in its meaning with ideas of loss and lament, but lyrics that go along perfectly with my impression and this blog today, wild innocence: "stupid boy" by keith urban ...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the music selection)...

"stay innocent, it will reveal your true inner beauty" ― siddhartha gautama buddha, the dhammapada

"a true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present" ― confucius

“know the male, but hold to the female. imagine a river flowing through a valley, never departing from its original path. do this and you will return to a state of innocence. perceive the bright, but hold to the dark. like a river, let yourself flow with virtue, and set a faultless example for the world. do this and you will return to a state of perfection. be aware of honour, but hold to humility. like a valley, let virtue fill you, sufficient yet everlasting. do this and you will return to the state of the uncarved block" ― lao tzu, tao te ching

"remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other...give the one you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay" ― dalai lama xiv, the art of happiness

"i am the wisest man alive, for i know one thing, and that is that i know nothing" ― plato, the republic

"when you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love..."― marcus aurelius, meditations

"i am safe and secure. i am grounded. my needs are taken care of. i embrace my body. i am connected to the earth. my home is safe and protected. my needs are always met. i am rooted in my deepest truth. i am divinely protected. i deserve good things. i trust myself. i am able to let go of all that no longer serves me. i am grateful for the blessings in my life" ― c. ara campbell, grounding affirmation

"ametrine [the gemstone] works in uniting energy making this a very good stone to work with for bringing balance, harmony and unity within and externally in relationships. it brings healing and clears blocks between soulmates or twin flames and helps to call them into manifestation, drawing them into being" ― c. ara campbell, ametrine the healing gemstone

"there was once a young boy, who in his travels across the fields and the meadows, came upon a most magnificent flower standing alone on the crest of a hill. as he knelt down beside it to more closely admire its beauty, he noticed the vibrance of its color beneath the light of sun, the ease with which its essence grew from the earth, the way it swayed gently to the old song of the winds; with every new detail his admiration for the flower only deepened, invoking within him a sense of great wonder and joy. hours and hours passed by like this between them, until finally the sun began to fall. soon it would be dark and time for the boy to embark on the long journey home. but unable to bear leaving a discovery of such magic and wonder behind, he plucked the flower from the earth for himself. on returning home, he placed his flower high up on the sill of his window, so that he might always treasure and admire its beauty. and so he did. each morning and night, he looked lovingly to his prize, knowing within him the same wonder and joy he first felt on the crest of the hill. but, with the passing of days, the flower began slowly to wilt. desperate, the boy tended to his flower, watered it morning and night, but one after another its petals dried and then fell. as he gathered together at last the remains of his lost treasure, he understood within himself a truth of the world: that you could not hope to cling onto forever the magic of a moment. that a moment was magic because it must pass...love and cherish one another now with all of your heart while you’re here. the future remains always uncertain but this moment is not..." ― beau taplin, the boy and the flower

"i think the beating in our hearts was put there to remind us that even when we are alone in the world, we march on. that even in the enormous dark and quiet, we always have someone to lean on, to embrace and turn to. that even when we have no one else, we always have ourselves" ― beau taplin, buried light

“the most important thing you will ever do in your life is learn to embrace your unique, honest self. a boundless, infinitely populated universe, and there is nothing else here quite like you. this is your power. all those things that make you strange and different are what make you irreplaceable" ― beau taplin, the wild heart

"she will ask later, sometimes
searching for a name, her own or someone else's
why i neglected her sadness or her love
or her reason or her delirium or her hardships:
and she'll be right: it was my duty to name you,
you, someone far away and someone close by,
to name someone for her heroic scar,
to name a woman for her petal,
the arrogant one for her fierce innocence,
the forgotten one for her famous obscurity.
but i didn't have enough time or ink" ― pablo neruda, all the odes

"we have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. that child understands magic moments. we can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice. the child we once were is still there. blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. If we are not reborn—if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and the enthusiasm of childhood—it makes no sense to go on living" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist

"don’t become more knowledgeable, become more innocent. drop all that you know, forget all that you know. remain wondering, but don’t transform your wondering into questions, because once the wonder is changed into a question, sooner or later the question will bring knowledge. and knowledge is a false coin"― osho, the book of wisdom

"to live in the moment is innocence, to live without the past is innocence, to live without conclusions is innocence, to function out of the state of not knowing is innocence. and the moment you function out of such tremendous silence which is not burdened by any past, out of such tremendous stillness which knows nothing, the experience that happens is beauty. whenever you feel beauty—in the rising sun, in the stars, in the flowers, or in the face of a woman or a man—wherever and whenever you feel beauty, watch. and one thing will always be found: you had functioned without mind, you had functioned without any conclusion, you had simply functioned spontaneously" ― osho, the secret of secrets

"the emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it..." ― nicholas sparks, dear john

"unbeing dead isn't being alive...just remember one thing only: that it's you, nobody else, who determines your destiny and decides your fate. nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else" ― e. e. cummings

"i have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?" ― vincent van gogh, letters to theo

"the only time i feel alive is when i am creating a work of art" ― vincent van gogh, letters to theo

"i often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day" ― vincent van gogh, letters to theo

"the poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked god, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being"― victor hugo, les miserables

“i love you, profoundly and completely. and i always will...this kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime" ― robert kincaid, the bridges of madison county

"i would rather die of passion than of boredom" ― emile zola, the ladies' paradise

"love the life you live...live the life you love" ― bob marley

"where one can no longer love, there one should pass by" ― friedrich nietzsche

"the grief you cry out from draws you toward union. your pure sadness that wants help is the secret cup. listen to the moan of a dog for its master. that whining is the connection. there are love dogs no one knows the names of. give your life to be one of them" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god

"i desire you more than food and drink...my body, my senses, my mind, each hunger for your taste. i can sense your presence in my heart although you belong to someone else. i wait with silent passion for one gesture, one glance from you" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved

"if you want to be more alive, love is the truest health" ― jalaluddin rumi, poems of ecstasy and longing

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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"if i open my eyes, if i cry, if i think, if i sigh, if i giggle, if i dance, if i love, if i breathe, then i have lived a full days worth of life" ― bodhinku, if

camera settings: 24mm @ f/1.4 for 13secs, iso-1250, captured in the wee hours of the morning predawn about 1.25 hrs before sunrise on september 5th, 2016...this is a single frame composition, a single exposure, not a blend or a merge...the illumination of the j-tree and the foreground is from the campgrounds just left out out of view in the composition, and this slight light was picked up well by the superb dynamic range of my nikon d810

in my photography, i always use filters to create longer exposure effects and to balance the light in my composition in-camera...i often use as many as four filters at time, and i always use at least one filter...for this exposure, to get the effects and balance i was looking for, i used one progrey filter in the capture of this special tree under the milky way...

for this, i chose to used a reverse 0.9gnd progrey aurora filter (and progrey g-120 holder) to help balance in-camera overall the image the way i envisioned it, and stop down the much brighter lower sky, which was significantly brighter on the horizon level from all the light pollution happening to the south of joshua tree national park due to the desert cities of indio, coachella, la quinta, palm desert, rancho mirage, and cathedral city,,,about 3 stops brighter than the rest of the starry sky, and way too bright in contrast with the especially the darker shadows around the foreground and the tree itself....

i wish to openly thank my sponsors who have always supported me through both the good and bad times...for truly this long exposure impression would not be possible without the use of my trusty dolica tripods in combination with the progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...

"without previously meeting her before, i felt connected, like i already knew her my whole life" ― bodhinku, connection

"contemplate without thinking. stop the world. slow down everything. shut off the noise. relax. seize this moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colors of light that envelope you. see the melody and harmony that floats about unnoticed. taste the solitude of all this wonderment. smell the beautiful silence. now discover your peaceful serenity. then, reach out and touch your faith with all your senses. this is my world. awaken!" ― bodhinku, my world

above all else as always, i hope this message and impression find you well.

namaste,
bodhi

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