The Ramblings of an Artistic Equestrian

Bawling to this song this morning. I could have sworn I've translated it before, but I'm doing it again.

Was erklärst du deinem Kind
What do you explain to your child
Wenn es zu verstehn beginnt
when you begin to understand it
Und das Leben nicht kennt
and don't know life
Die Fragen, die es an dich stellt
The quesrion that stands before you
Sind das Universum dieser Welt
Is the universe, this world
Neu entdeckt und noch so fremd
newly discovered and still so strange
Das was es sucht
That (is) what it seeks
Das was es lenkt
That (is) what it steers
Ist das Prinzip Mensch
Is the human principle

Jedes Minus hat sein Plus
Every minus has its plus
Jeder Anfang seinen Schluss
Every beginning has its close
Jedes Chaos hat sein System
Every chaos has its system
Das was uns sucht
That's what we seek
Findet und lenkt
Find and guide
Ist das Prinzip Mensch
is the human principle

Was wir fragen
what we ask
Hat keinen Namen
Has no name
Keine Zahlen
no number/amount
Ist keine Physik
Is no physics
Wir können nur lernen
We could only study
Suchen und ahnen
Seek and intuit
Denn eine Antwort
if an answer
Gibt es nicht
there is none

Das Wunder bist du
you are the Miracle/wonder
In jedem Moment
in every moment
Denn was in dir lebt
if what in you lives
Ist das prinzip mensch
is the human principle

Was bestimmt wohin wir gehen
What appoints where we go
Wer erklärt uns das Verstehn
Who explains (to) us the understanding
Und das Ende der Ewigkeit
and the end of the eternity

Woher kommt mein gefühl für mich
Whence comes my sense of myself
Warum denke ich und fühl für dich
Why do I think and feel for you
Logisch ist nur das was ich weiss
Logic is the only thing that I know

Was uns verbindet
What we interconnect
Und gleichzeitig trennt
and concurrently separate
Ist das Prinzip Mensch
is the human principle

Was wir Fragen
What we ask
Hat keinen Namen
Has no name
Keine Zahlen
No number/amount
Ist keine Physik
Is no Physics
Wir können nur lernen
We can only study
Suchen und ahnen
Seek and intuit
Denn eine antwort
if an answer
Gibt es nicht
gives it not

Das Wunder bist du
You ate the wonder
In jedem Moment
in every moment
Denn was in dir lebt
Then what in your life
Ist das Prinzip Mrnsch
Is the human principle

Bullet points becasue if I don't write anything I'll get overwhelmed with being behind.

*We hooked Draego for the first time Monday. We warmed him up long lining before hooking to the sled and doing a couple laps. Then we hooked him up to the forecart. He was wiggly as all get out when we were hooking up, which was quite obnoxious and a little nerve-wracking, but he was fine and he drove better than he stood!

*Yesterday Chris pulled Zeke out and long lined him by himself while I went off to work with another client. Made me happy, super proud that he got motivation to work one of his own horses.

*Friday I had lunch with Muss. We went to Thai Chili To-Go, which is a "quick food" Thai food place. Not bad. My favorite is Thai Food Corner, which used to be D's Thai Food. The best. We hung out for almost two hours and had a grand time, talking about everything from writing and projects to family and current happenings. It's been two years since we hung out like that and it felt awesome. We're going to try and do it somewhat monthly.

*I'm working on setting my winter schedule. It's obnoxious and I'm trying to figure out where to put everyone, especially since I still have interest from new clients. I have some new ones starting up next week.

*Paris the Fjord is back in for some training. Hana wants to see if she will drive again so here we go! We're doing some bartering, trading her Ahonen cart for almost half the value of the training. It'll give me something that is actually Kitt-sized and a littler lower to the ground and easier to get in and out of.

*FFK is 191 pages, once I hit 200 I'll throw it at Muss and Hana again. DotF is 85 pages now, which is surprising and exciting. HotF is only like 20, but it could stand a decent outlining to really get it filled out. Sparks might even have more pages than HotF. I'm still feeling super productive writing-wise.

*Got my template finished for maping markings on Klamon half forms and Klamon hybrids. I've started on Sray's.

*There's tons of other things going on, Carlyn made me a condolense cheese cake. It was delicous and I think I have gained five pounds eating it. Lisa gave me a book about mourning the loss of a horse and a horseshoe with Kash's name on it. Brittany dropped off a sweet card and a big bag of horse treats. Thursday was the last really bad day, but I'm sure there will be others.

I went out to feed this morning and Kash was down. I knew pretty quickly he was gone and he had been gone.

There will be more words, but I can't right now.