Find a field of sunflowers

“Come walk with me into the field of sunflowers” – Mary Oliver

My friend encountered a field of sunflowers and shared a few photos. When I read Mary Oliver’s quote, a field of sunflowers seemed like a great summer kick off. So, here’s to creative meanders in nature and gardens, encountering unexpected fields of beauty and “the hope of suggestion.”

From Mary Oliver: “I had to go out in the world and see it and hear it and react to it before I knew who I was, what I was, and what I wanted to be….

I walk, all day, across the heaven verging field.

And whoever thinks these are worthy words I am writing down is kind. Writing is neither vibrant life nor docile artifact but a text that would put all its money on the hope of suggestion. ‘Come walk with me into the field of sunflowers’ is a better line than anything you will find here, and the sunflowers themselves are far more wonderful than any words about them.”

May your summer be fruitful and filled with wonder.

(Found Mary Oliver’s text in the Wonder issue of Parabola, Spring 2022.)