This is just an exercise.

Tijl Deconynck
3 min readMay 26, 2019

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When you look at a tree you see a recurrent pattern arise, from the bottom up a fractal proportion. A program of proportion programmed by a program of proportion. Structure is key to understanding anything.

The only exercise that is persistent in nature is the exercise of exercise. Through an expression of abundance, nature is prepared for any conflict.

When we see a challenge we tend to focus on what we can consciously perceive as solutions based on our past experiences.

Walking in a park near me, trees on either side of the way, I see what lies in front of me and to the side of me, people relaxing and sitting in the sun, to some degree yet I see more than I am aware of. What I see in peripheral vision, the trees on either side is yet processed subconsciously too.

What you read is not merely words nor letters but the white space too.
Music is as much about the silence between the notes as it is about notes. What is in the background may come in the foreground and what is in the foreground might fade into the background.

The solution to a problem might as well appear out of thin air, or the background, as by magic when we let go of what the solution should look like or where it might come from.

When designing skyscrapers architects design it to withstand natures worst whimsical behaviour. When they do they don’t take the estimate of all the natural warfare it put that country or city through but multiply it by some factor because the worst that we see might not be the worst to come.

The most potent opportunities, the most positive changes in our life might be nothing like anything you have experienced before.

But what is it that makes strong trees withstand storms? What makes us withstand the storm of life?

I stand before the majesty of a tree but can’t see it I convince myself. The roots grow as far into the ground as the crown reaches out to heaven. Reflecting on it I become mesmerized by the symmetry.

Visible — Invisible.
Background — Foreground.
Silence — Sound.
Conscious — Subconscious.

When do the roots stop being roots and become stem? Where does the stem become braches? Where do one tree stop and the forest start? Where does the challenge lie and where does the solution start? Where do this moment stop and the future starts? Where stops the past stop and begins the present?

Where do the questions stop and the answers begin?
It’s all here. Between the letters perhaps, between the words perhaps, between the lines?

This is just an exercise in abundance. A fight for attention between what is and what might be. This is a walk in the park. You may choose to focus on something or let be. You are walking with me. As we walk what is foreground and background alternates frequently. What lies ahead might not be like anything before but I trust in you because where do I end and you begin?

Structure is key to understanding anything.

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Tijl Deconynck

I help people to find, follow and fulfil their purpose in life.