Dragonflies
Is there a field guide to dragonflies? They are arguably the most graceful small creatures, iridescent, with wings of gossamer, yet because they are the fast-moving neutrinos of the insect world, they seldom brush a blossom long enough for us to get a good view. Stopping the flight of a dragonfly for analysis and mechanical scrutiny would be to destroy the very essence of this pond and meadow sprite. It lives in flight and gentle alightment. It’s meaning is in its movement, like a dancer’s or the spirit of Life itself, which must contantly change, flit, or fly, or wither in the eternal stillness of Death.
from a photo I took 7-2-10 in a New Jersey park
Linda Brown Holt
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