Spiral

So at silat class last night, we went back over some basic stuff we haven't done in a while, meat-and-potatoes moves -- sapu, kenjit, ankat (sweep, scissors-takedown, throws off an unweighted leg, for those of you who could care about Bahasa Indonesian terms.)

And one more time, I found myself nodding over the notion that learning for me is often like a slight upward spiral. As I climb, I continually circle, and find myself passing the same spot over and over. But each pass, I'm a little higher, so the angle of view is not quite indentical, even though I might be looking at the same scene. I see things I missed last time. And if I make it around again, I expect I'll see stuff I missed this time, too.

To quote Mr. Spock: Fascinating ...