The inner turmoil provoked by my pressing need to get my work moving, to resolve the issues surrounding the diversion of my attention to pressing personal circumstances, and to find some degree of balance and harmony within me, is evident as I gaze around my workspace and see literally dozens of loose ends, trails of … Continue reading The Clutter In My Head
Between Knowing and Hoping It's impossible to reach you; but at times it seems so real. There's just no way to share with you the certainty I feel. I try so hard, with all my wits, but all I ever do, Ends up a missing puzzle piece, confusing through and through. There is a path … Continue reading Between Knowing and Hoping
"Inner Light" by Ron Davis (December 6th, 2002) Image credit: PBase.com In the twilight world Between darkness and light, I feel more at home Than ever. As darkness falls, My mind awakens; As darkness increases, My heart swells With the memory Of your touch. How I loved the moment of closeness As we embraced! The … Continue reading The Life Within Me
Last glimpse of the setting sun by gracious (http://www.trekearth.com) Copyright: Ho Tony (gracious) Preparing to meet with darkness, as the light of day slowly recedes into the gentle evening, I am almost imperceptibly sliding into melancholy, mixed with a mild sense of relief to be without obligation of any sort for the moment. Regardless of … Continue reading Preparing to Meet with Darkness
Secret Love © Katie Slaby katie-slaby.artistwebsites.com/ This is a 9x12 acrylic done on acrylic specialty paper Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese poet, artist, and writer, (1883 -1931) captured in his writing, as so few have done so eloquently, many of the universal truths of our nature as both human and spiritual beings. His grasp of the … Continue reading Secrets of the Heart
The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer (c. 1668) Astronomy has always fascinated me. Ever since I was a young boy, I was intrigued by the planets and the stars, and wanted to know everything there was to know about what I could only barely see when I looked up at the night sky. Constellations were magical … Continue reading You are Truly Here…
Posted by Carpefeline in Palau tales - http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/carpefeline/1/1261606856/tpod.html Throughout the history of humanity, within every culture, and among all levels of society within those cultures, some variation of acknowledgement of a transcendent aspect to existence has appeared in the writings, art, mythologies, and narratives, relevant to the particular culture. In the modern world, we take … Continue reading The World Below the Surface
From the June 1962 cover of National Geographic February 20th marked the 50th anniversary of the day astronaut John Glenn orbited of Earth. He was one of NASA's original Mercury astronauts, depicted in the recent film, "The Right Stuff." The mission lasted just under five hours, allowing Glenn to circle the globe three times in … Continue reading The Inner Reaches began in Outer Space
I composed the photograph at the top of this post in the late Spring of last year, but the image came powerfully to mind as I began my day, braving the sting of winter's breath on my way to my annual physical, as the sun poked its nose over the tips of the trees, with … Continue reading Consciousness, Empathy, and Love
"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet." --Emily Dickinson According to an article in the Los Angeles Times from September 17, 2011 "Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found. Drugs exceeded … Continue reading Mortality, Mozart, and Madness
John's Consciousness 