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There is one thing that you can never ever avoid if you are living in Okinawa.
That is ecstatic encounters with
mysteriously beautiful stone structures.
These delightful encounters often happen when you least expect it.
Like when you are strolling through a tiny remote village whose sparse population consists of aged people and their equally aged companion dogs.
It is in one such village that I had my latest encounter with enchanting stone structures.
As with most memorable moments you have in Okinawa, it came as a shock and fascination at the same time.
Shocking because of its outrageously random choice and composition of stones.
Fascinating because of its astonishing beauty as a whole.
I doubt the person who built the steps started with a well-thought-out plan.
More likely than not, the person chose stones and stacked them as his or her inspiration capriciously dictated.
And the result is an enthralling creation that grabbed my attention and gripped my heart deeply.
Standing still and staring at the stones, I felt the stones were whispering some words to me.
"Go with your flashes of inspiration," the stones' voice was sounding like some enlightened guru.
"Don't go with your brian. If you want to let the magic happen."
