Art’s Inspiration and Other Fancy Thoughts
Creating Under the Pressure of the Long Learning Curve
OK, so this new client wants some new thing, this technology, or that newest buzzword. One more time, I jump on the "can do" train and spend countless evenings studying something new so I can whip it out as if it was there in my pocket all along.I have to admit, from...
Independent Joy
After all of these years, I have discovered something remarkable. Joy is independent of worldly experiences. Certainly happiness seems to be tied to attitude, and circumstance more oft than not, however, joy in it's pure Spirit presence in the heart form, is not....
Live Song
I heard him singingthe sound driftingthrough the wallswith that distorted echothat happens sometimes."Ah!"I thought, "he is alive."He is a manwith song
Gratitude
In the quiet moments,my Spiritshouts in tender whisper"Life is a miracle!"It's then I realizethe gratitudefor it alljust welling uplike a bubbling spring
Daily Napkin for Thursday, January 21, 2010
Onebeing onemoment oneday in the sunsingular manysingle multitudeSolo experiencein a crowd of onepeople oneperson onebeing one
Daily Napkin for Monday, January 18, 2009
YEAR THREELast time, the storyseemed a littledifferent, yet as werounded the cornerof today's pathit seemed to be prettydarned familiar territory
Year 2 Possum
Possumjust playingmade squirrel noisesin the bushHe had to chuckle to himselfwhen thinkingof that poor confusedtwo-legged looking upin the tree
Year 2 Silence
Clearing the mindturtle sat in silence"Aum"Even while little anties crawledacross her faceshe tarried stillin the arms of peace
Year 3 Happy
Bumbling alongthe little guy was trying to carryfar too big a loadHis little armswere taxedalmost beyond capacityStill, with his innocent hearthis face harboredhis shiny smile
Daily Napkin for Thursday, January 14, 2010
In the dark of the new moonin the wilderness alonewandering up the hillThe gurgling sound of creekdrew near in the silent seeking heartas open as eyes widecalling, "Guide me" in whispered voiceso quiet -- the thoughts could barely hear the plea...Here, now, stop and...
Daily Napkin for Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Preface:One full turningof a life, of the year,of the month, the weekOne full turningeach momentSpirals within spiralsIn and out again'round and 'roundLove expressesin all its...
Daily Napkin for Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Raven squawkedand ruffled her tailcontemplating loudlywalking the landa lady in waitFeathers so dark and sombereven as she struttedwith life and wisdomDarkness implodedand struck accordRe-emerged the birthof light