Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A Constant Reminder...

Every time I look at the moon, I am reminded of walking into a third grade classroom years ago to substitute. The science lesson for the day?---moon phases.  Woah! I used the moon very figuratively in my life prior to that day, which forever changed my reality---there's science involved here and I don't quite know it!

The worksheet on waxing and waning and the four quarters was another language and I smudged whatever I could to survive. Maybe I was correct, maybe not.  But since that day, I've been ever more observant and confused on how we see what we see when we look at the moon.  In isolation I now understand what the moon is and its phases and the earth's blocking of it, making what shines, shines. However, I still cannot grasp exactly how it works when I look at it...in real time... like last night driving down to a friends ( I should have been more observant of the road.. yes?) 

Is it clockwise?  Is a full moon when it's on the other side of earth or in between the sun and the earth? Well, an eclipse would happen when the angle is equal to earth's so....
It may be just a difficult motion visual to pick up and I just need to accept what I know and try to apply it... or the more I learn and observe, it will one day stick... forever ;o) 

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