Flowers don't always shatter stones, sometimes they work slowly, patiently. This shot is from somewhere in the Orkney Island chain north of Scotland. I'd say it's either just after sunrise or just before sunset and it's spectacularly beautiful. John Denver didn't write it but did a fantastic job of singing this piece.
THE FLOWER THAT SHATTERED THE STONE
The Earth is our mother just turning around
With her trees in the forest and roots underground
Our father above us whose sigh is the wind
Paint us a rainbow without any end
As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
In the hearts of the children of pure love still grows
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone
Sparrows find freedom beholding the sun
In the infinite beauty we’re all joined in one
I reach out before me and look to the sky
Then I hear someone whisper. It’s something passing by.
As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
In the hearts of the children of pure love still roams
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone
Words and Music by Joe Henry and John Jarvis
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