Thank you for your warmly worded comment. I have a copy of Tao Teh King but am not a scholar :). I used to be a compulsive overthinker, locked in the realm of thought and unable to allow much else in. I found the issue to be of control - trying to control thought, to control 'reality' - futile, and it made me miserable.

So glad you liked the images and said so - I'm really delighted at that :D

And the words at the top in bold - How can I know anything or begin to understand "IT" without first taking time to observe what 'it' presents 'itself' to be? - do not have a specific intended meaning. The 'ineffability' of 'it' is being pointed out, the impossibility of restricting reality to words and descriptions alone. Words and descriptions when automatically (unconsciously) applied, distort perception of reality. The words and descriptions are not the thing in itself, but are almost universally mistaken for it. Thus, without observation (or the Taking Time To Watch The Butterflies And Smell The Flowers :) the result is that the symbol is confused for the thing in itself. Perception is distorted.

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PS. Just came across this article by @caitlinjohnstone, which seems relevant to this discussion.