Things reveal themselves with full intensity only when they sense our avid interest.

"The possibility of intensifying things so that they reveal their essence depends so much on our participation. When things sense our avid interest, they pull themselves together without delay and are all that they can be 

. . . , vastly heightened."

Rainer Maria Rilke

Photo: Indian Paintbrush and Lulu Mountain, Never Summer Range, CO; July 13, 2013