Sunrise, as you enter the houses of everyone here, find us.We’ve been crashing for days, or has it been years.Find us, beneath the shadow of this yearning mountain, crying here.We have been sick with sour longings, and the jangling of fears.Our spirits rise up in the dark, because they hear,Doves in cottonwoods calling forth theContinue reading “Sunrise”
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Comforting Thought: Seek Respite Wherever it Exists, Even the Heart of the Battle
“We may hope, of course, as I do, for smaller flames, a moment of respite, a pause that will allow us to dream again. But perhaps there is no peace for an artist other than the peace found in the heat of combat. “Every wall is a door,” Emerson rightly said. Do not seek theContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Seek Respite Wherever it Exists, Even the Heart of the Battle”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #170
Irish rappers Kneecap and their ten rules to live by If you are interested in music, it’s likely that you will have read something, or heard someone banging on about how amazing Kneecap are. They are Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí: a dynamic, charismatic group of rappers from Belfast, whose punchy, sometimes satirical, output movesContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #170”
This is only one of many worlds
This is only one of many worlds. Worlds are beings, each with their own themes, rules, and ways of doing. Humans in this world fall too easily to war, are quick to take offense, and claim ownership. “What drama,” said crow, dodging traffic as he wrestled a piece of road kill.” Excerpt from Conflict ResolutionContinue reading “This is only one of many worlds”
Comforting Thought: Hope is Awakened by Millions of Individuals
“Some will say that such hope is carried by a nation, others by a person. But I believe quite the reverse: hope is awakened, given life, sustained, by the millions of individuals whose deeds and actions, every day, break down borders and refute the worst moments in history, to allow the truth—which is always inContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Hope is Awakened by Millions of Individuals”
Comforting Thought: Artists Pay Homage to the Finest Examples of Humankind
“Artists are the perpetual defenders of living creatures, precisely because those creatures are alive. They truly advocate to love whoever is close by right now, and not those far in the future, which is what debases contemporary humanism, turning it into a catechism of the courthouse. Quite the reverse: a great work of art endsContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Artists Pay Homage to the Finest Examples of Humankind”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #169
Slow living in the countryside Is New Zealand about to collapse? It’s no secret that the Polish Bear and I and many, many 100,000’s of others living in Aotearoa migrated and left. Why you ask? It’s for a lot of reasons, the high crime and lack of police, the low salaries and lack of employmentContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #169”
Comforting Thought: Important Mantra
“when in doubt, remember you have:the power to say nothe authenticity to be youthe patience to keep learningthe fortitude to continue tryingthe courage to embrace changethe fearlessness to give selflesslythe wisdom to cultivate inner peacethe bravery to fulfill your aspirationsthe openness that grows friendshipsthe awareness to follow your intuitionthe intelligence to not repeat the past”Continue reading “Comforting Thought: Important Mantra”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #168
Two hours of cute nudibranches and chill out tunes Giant cuttlefish! They are in danger and scientists are going to save them with … bubbles! Via First Dog on the Moon Tobacco Club by Abraham Teniers (mid-17th century) Singerie — from the French for “Monkey Trick” — is a genre of art in which monkeysContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #168”
A panther is a poem with fire green eyes
A panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.
The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions.
