Lake Lagunita Hare

Meeting Jack Rabbit During
Walk Around Lake Lagunita
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Photographs & Haikus
Friday, August 20, 2010

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

Preface: On Friday, August 6, 2010, a friend and I took walk (6:45-7:15 pm) around Lake Lagunita on the Stanford University campus. Near a majestic California Live Oak, we saw a two-foot hare standing and gazing at us before it hopped away. I didn't have my camera with me, but the experience was exhiliarating. I found a standing hare image with similar posture on the web and created the montage below using Adobe Photoshop. On Friday, August 13, near the same spot, Jack Rabbit jumped out before I could snap a photo of him. I found a running hare image on the web and recreated the scene in Photoshop. On Friday, August 20, we went there again and heard a rustle in the bushes. Jack Rabbit came out, and this time he sat still for three minutes while I took nice pictures of him. What a miracle to see Jack Rabbit three times in a row! Earlier in our walk, a group of Canadian geese flew overhead in V-formation, landing in the dry Lake Lagunita. Suddenly I had an epiphany that these geese were not flying in V-formation but Λ-formation. They are flying in the shape of the Platonic Lambda, which Plato calls "soul of the universe". (See Giacometti's Walking Man)

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	Friday, August 6, 2010, 7:15 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita Walk around the Lake— Saw giant hare beyond majestic California Live Oak tree Two-foot jack rabbit with ears up stares at us before hopping away.
Friday, August 13, 2010, 6:55 pm Lake Lagunita, Stanford University While walking to California Live Oak Jack Rabbit jumped out and ran away Jack Rabbit jumped out and ran away before I snapped photo of him.
	Friday, August 20, 2010, 6:50 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita Halfway around Lake, near the bench, flock of geese flew overhead in V-formation (Montage of Lake Lagunita & flying geese) Flock of geese flew overhead in V-formation or Platonic Lambda.
Friday, August 20, 2010, 7:05 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita Near the giant California Live Oak Jack Rabbit appeared for the third time Rustling in bushes— Jack Rabbit leaped out and this time stayed in the field.
	Friday, August 20, 2010, 7:06 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita Near the giant California Live Oak Jack Rabbit came out & sat still Jack Rabbit sat still with bird friend nearby as I took photo of them.
Friday, August 20, 2010, 7:07 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita Near the giant California Live Oak Bird flew away but Hare sat still Giant jack rabbit of the Lake came out to greet us— three times in a row!
	Friday, August 20, 2010, 7:07 pm Stanford University, Lake Lagunita Near the giant California Live Oak Two doves join Hare in meditation Two doves in the background learn from Jack Rabbit the art of sitting still.

— Peter Y. Chou, Lake Lagunita, Stanford University, August 20, 2010