Clematis: Living Somewhere Else

Clematis is insufficient interest in the present, filed as a flower.

The weather

Traditional language says dreaminess, inattention, the future as escape. Not always a poet. Sometimes a person in a meeting. The present is not always worthy; that is not a licence to emigrate from every Tuesday.

Beside the profile

Clematis already lives in this house as a profile: “Elsewhere.” Dreamy, future-facing, lightly in the body. The present is a rumour. One of the five in Rescue Remedy. Bach filed it under Insufficient interest in the present — for those who do not take sufficient interest in present circumstances. The profile is the door. This essay is a longer walk around the same weather. Neither is a diagnosis, a product, or a treatment plan.

Elsewhere is a beautiful country. It does not do the washing.

A takeaway

Name one sensory fact of the room you are in. That is not mindfulness branding. It is a vote for the only tense in which a life can actually occur.

Readers exploring this theme may also find neighbouring rooms interesting. Similar weather across traditions is not proof that one system explains another.