Lollygagging And Dillydallying

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom. - Thoreau

A Little Dillydally Painting by Gray Jacobik

arouse the wind

shrug the tide

spill the rain

blind the sun

disgorge the moon

exchange the hands of midnight with noon

inundate the desert

topple the hills

promote the valleys

broaden all of man's dark alleys

as the hoity-toity theology of my disillusioned soul 

lollygags and dillydallies

Author's Note

“My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the ticking of a clock; for I lived like the Puri Indians, of whom it is said that "for yesterday, today, and tomorrow they have only one word, and they express the variety of meaning by pointing backward for yesterday forward for tomorrow, and overhead for the passing day." This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

You dillydallying....no way. You stay so active, writing, music, reading, walking in the woods, keeping up probably with the Jones's(kidding in the last part).
I love it.

[Pete]

indeed, just came back from my walk down by the river. i just don't know where the days disappear to anymore. i get lost in things. seems i lay my head down and before i know it the sun is out again to start a new day. believe me - i have no desire to keep up with anyone, quite the opposite as a matter of fact. thanks sami ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! You are welcome sir Pete.