Tell About It

Inspired by Mary Oliver’s invitation to “pay attention, be astonished, tell about it,” this gentle guided practice explores the final part of that journey: giving expression to what we notice and what moves us.
You don’t need to be a writer, an artist or a storyteller. Telling about it might be a few words written in a notebook, a photograph, a conversation, a sound, a sketch — or simply acknowledging an experience to yourself.
Through gentle guidance, spacious pauses, nature sounds and music, you’re invited to notice what has stayed with you and allow it to find its own form.
There is nothing to perform and nothing to get right. Just an invitation to let something of your experience move from the inner world into the outer one.
This is the third piece in the *Pay Attention • Be Astonished • Tell About It* series, inspired by the words of poet Mary Oliver.

Transcript

Thank you for sharing this moment with me. Sometimes a moment stays with us long after it has passed. A particular quality of light. Something someone said. The sound of birds at dusk. Or feeling we can't quite name. Something reached us and somehow it remains. You Perhaps there's something you've noticed recently, Something small, Something that made you stop, Even for a moment. Thanks for watching! You you you There's no need to search for anything remarkable. Maybe it was the rain against the window. The warmth of a cup held between your hands. A familiar face. The way that the evening light caught a tree. Just something that came a little closer. You don't need to do anything with it yet. Perhaps just stay with it for a while. What was it about that moment that made you notice? Perhaps there aren't any words, And that's okay. Some things arrive before language does. And sometimes, Something we've noticed wants to be shared. Not because we have anything important to say. Not because we've understood it. But perhaps simply because it touched us. We might tell someone. Write a few words. Make something. Take a photograph. Or simply allow the moment to change the way we meet what comes next. We don't need the perfect words. We don't need to make our experience beautiful or profound. We can simply begin where we are. You A few words may be enough. Perhaps even. . . I saw this today and it made me stop. You There are many ways of telling. A voice. A gesture. A painting. A song or a piece of music. A few lines, Written on a page. Thank you. And sometimes, Perhaps the way we live afterwards is the telling. Perhaps something we've noticed quietly becomes something we carry. And something we carry. Finds its own way into the world. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Notice what is here. And allow it to come close. And if something stays with you. Perhaps let it find its way into the world. In whatever way feels like yours. And perhaps that's enough. Thank you for sharing these moments with me. Wishing you a beautiful day. You you you