Mar 16, 2023
Flow state
Rando takes me to a park I haven’t been to before, and the first thing to greet me is an owl. I make a little detour to check out a large fallen tree and decide to climb it - it’d be rude not to, right?
There’s a play park within the anomaly, and I can’t fault the result - kids at play must be the masters of flow state! I have a go on the flying fox (thankfully the park’s not busy today…) and admire the tall monkey puzzle tree by the fence. I also spot a table with a chess pattern and take it as another nod to my intent.
Lastly, I take a closer look at the Inch Community Centre. The building is interesting. The gutter downpipes pass through what looks like lion heads, and there are two sundials on either side of the central window. Both have a Latin motto above them, but I can make out only one of them: """"Horas Non Numero Nisi Serenas”, which means ‘I do not count the hours unless they are sunny’. Ha! The last word could also mean ‘cheerful’ or ‘serene’, which gives the motto a nice double meaning.
There are two other Latin mottos on the building I’m able to read: “Nisi Dominus Frustra” (Without the Lord, all is in vain) - the official motto of Edinburgh - and “Nil Penna Sed Usus (Not the pen, but its use). The latter appeals to me; a pen is just a mindless object, but wondrous things can be created with it.
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