What the Eye Sees

The young Asian pharmacist  behind the prescription counter at CVC asked What is your mother’s date of birth?

I replied 9-15-30.

He then smiled and said Ah---perfect multiples of 3.

I saw Stephen Tyler in a televised interview. He mentioned that when he was in school he used music to help him memorize facts. He then sang a song which listed the planets in order.

In an interview with Oprah, Jamie Foxx imitated the provocative sexy model-like walk of a giraffe. He then turned his head and batted his eyelashes coquettishly prompting Oprah to laugh and say How did you think of that? Foxx responded that he sees humor in all things—it is the way he perceives the world.

And from time to time people ask me how I come to write what I write. They wonder if I work at collecting my thoughts. The answer is no—quilted thoughts are the lens I see through. The process is organic. I observe the world as interconnecting vignettes.

And I think we all see the moments in our lives through our individual gifts. Our talents direct our perspective. It is what makes everyone’s view uniquely unique. It is precisely why people agree or disagree-- giving us pause when others see or hear things we do not. We appreciate others who think mathematically or musically or with humor. We appreciate gifts that we ourselves do not possess.

And for as many times as I have thought or said my mother’s date of birth of 9-15-30 out loud, I can honestly say I never made the mathematical connection that the common multiple was 3. it is not the way my brain works. For me, the date was simply the date—and nothing more. Which is why I will stick to writing my blog --and I will leave the math to the pharmacist at CVS.