Art’s Inspiration and Other Fancy Thoughts
Art and Fixing Technology
About twenty-four years ago I was a graphic designer, yet new to the computer world, other than a stint with a character recognition machine at a newspaper that had employed me. The first computer I worked on was given to us. It had two floppies and no hard drive. I...
Light of Night
Courageous Serenity
Examples aplentyin Nature can be foundfor serenity and couragemost naturally aboundBear, for example, is easyserenely walking the woodsyet with courage faces obstaclesAnd how 'bout squirrelwith all his chatteringstops to ponder for a momentshows serenity in actionand...
Cloud Faces
Have you ever noticed the ants and bugsleading their busy lives,just below the grass?Or, the way the clouds adjusttheir faces above, ad infinitum...while playful breezes wigglethe little hairs on your head?----------------------------------------------It takes time...
Surrender
I surrender my stubbornessIn doubt, I take it backI give up my attachmentsIn nostalgia, I re-attachI forgive those trespassersIn resentment, I chew some moreI release the need to controlFear wells up with rulesI surrender my will over and over Then in denial or...
The Pond of Life’s Stillness
Near the meadowby the pondthere's a large rock I lay onWhen the sun sneaksthrough the treesto warm the rock and my bonesMosses bright and tinkling springturtle warms herself, tooAnd deer, when I am still,stops to drink it inThe serenity of this placegraces my quiet...
Tricky Coyote
Coyote gets a bad rap...He's just excited about everythingThe only one he really tricksis himselfThen when he falls he gets up againdusts himself offand takes off againLike Don Quixoteor dandelions or cockroaches...
Ephemeral Presents
Cellophane passageswritten in brightFill up the daytimecarve through the nightIt isn't for me to knownor ever to beIt wasn't forevernor ours to keepEphemeral presentscontinually newPatchwork consciousnesswoven intently for you
Art IS my real job!
I can't tell you how many times in my life, I've been told either by hint or directly that it was nice that I enjoyed doing art, and wasn't it about time I get a real job?I'm here to declare today, "Art IS my real job!" At the center of me is this creative spirit that...
Little White Birds
Even little white birdscatch the rhythm of lifein their bonesEvery part of creationdances Spirit throughA unique part of all creationYahoo! Let's Samba!!!
Best Friend
On any given daywhen my belief may have wanedOr at the times I was filled with puffed up selfYou've been there beside meloving meYou're the best kind of friendany one could ever hope forIn my quiet timeand when I'm dancing with delightI know gratitudefor you in my...
A Question of Movement
Sailing across the blueriding on mountainsall white and greyLook there, belowsee the tiny landscapeLook up, abovesee the tiny starscapeLook withinfeel the gyroscope spinningAm I moving through Spaceor is it moving through me?