Noticing Matters

Noticing Matters

Share this post

Noticing Matters
Noticing Matters
We don’t have to go through

We don’t have to go through

On dissolving and finding new kinds of maps

Melissa A. Butler's avatar
Melissa A. Butler
Apr 21, 2023
∙ Paid

Share this post

Noticing Matters
Noticing Matters
We don’t have to go through
Share

Continued exploration following from the essay: Learning IS.

Oh, what a bee knows of petals, pathways of stem, wingspan, honey jars.

What doves know of twigs, layers of nest, wind patterns, waiting.

How worms know broken, thrown away, under, over, around.

And shadows, how they know corners, spiders, story, dream.

The way a shape knows of numbers, meditation, architecture of rain.

What does “there” know of yesterday, tarot, portals, the moon?


This is about more than a framing of what or how we might go through.

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Melissa A. Butler
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share