Seeing
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” – Anais Nin Sculpture “Pier Glass” by Sarah Haviland. Rockland Center for the Arts exhibition.
monkey
My creativity has been taking a visual twist lately, and so posting the newest monkey sketch of a stuffed toy seemed appropriate… Enjoy! Namaste. Image copyright 2007, One Mystical Monkey. All rights reserved. Please do not take, alter or use this image without prior written consent. Thank you.
monkeyishness
Restless, Unsettled, Anxious and bored. Looking this way and that way for some escape from the ordinary and mundane. Monkey mind constantly chattering nonsense. Monkey mind begets monkey actions begets monkey decisions and monkey emotions. Hoping for external solutions, and searching for alternatives, Escape is not an option. Reality is what we make it. Whether…
shades of a dream
What has become an occasional recurring dream, this time it appeared with a new twist. Instead of confusion and indecision, although a bit of that remained, the message on this newer version of the dream was clear: Collect and sort through old and as yet unseen notes and papers, then close the door to those…
Salutation of the Dawn…
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only…
What’s in a Name?
The innate human quest for meaning and the drive to define ourselves on this plane can be a powerful thing. Sometimes meaning in one’s life can appear in the strangest places or at the strangest times. Other times, it is provided by the culture in which one lives or by the belief-systems to which we…
Teabox Wisdom
“Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.” – Katharine Fullerton Gerould … and such is the reminder that perhaps I’ve been complicating things and allowing “life” to distract from Living and from the Wisdom of what IS. Namaste. Peace, Love and Light … even in those complicated moments.
Observational Twists
“Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes After spending so much time delving into and evaluating the Inner world, I’m suddenly drawn to looking at the Outer one once more. This shift in attention is partly due to the changes being wrought in the physical…
Free Hugs
Humanity. The great race. We’ve conquered each other and our surroundings, explored the microscopic realm, the Earth and even ventured into space. So why is simple human contact like a hug such a thing to be frightened of? Have we become so disconnected from others of our species, so apathetic to the most basic expression…
ideological wake
Personal agendas and intentions. Most people have them; Few are willing to admit them. These impressions and influences are all around us. They are found in our daily lives from the people with whom we associate, the companies at which we work, as well as in our books and the news, art, dance, and other…