Harvest time. A slow and spectacular autumn…Indian summer. Already much darker. Chilly at night. Time to gather and store the abundance. Daughter Sara arrived from Toronto today–a little bump of a pregnant belly. I am still wrapping my mind around this reality…enjoying; really savoring these moments…the miracle of life within and the delight of spending [...]
Archive for the ‘Language’ Category
“Wild as diamonds…”
Posted in Language, Listening, Mothering, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Leave the roots on…”
Posted in Language, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Wholeness, Writing on September 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
THESE DAYS Whatever you have to say, leave the roots on, let them dangle And the dirt Just to make clear where they come from – CHARLES OLSON -
“Darken with kindness…”
Posted in Inspiration, James Wright, Language, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Like anyone else who loves reading and writing, I am infinitely nosey–curious about the lives of poets and writers. I always read their acknowledgements; their dedications. I want to know who they are thanking–who brought salsa, beer and chips…who diapered and fed the kids; who was always there for them…who did the typing; who read [...]
Dwelling in Impermanence–Part 3
Posted in Dialogue, Giac Thanh, Inspiration, Language, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Zen on May 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
ENLIGHTENMENT Understanding well birth and death You realize no birth. Whoever understands true emptiness Is clear about what I say. – GIAC THANH -
Instructions and obsessions…
Posted in Inspiration, Instructions, Language, Obsessions, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Writing on March 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know already that I am a collector. I collect poems, I collect juicy questions, I collect cryptic and specific advice from great spiritual beings, and I also collect instructions. In fact, I love instructions and sometimes “rules.” I like instructions on how to write, “rules” for [...]
“Be in love with your life…”
Posted in Kerouac, Language, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Writing, Zen on March 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Be in love with your life” is #4 on Jack Kerouac’s List, Belief & Technique for Modern Prose. #21–”Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind..” #28–”Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better…” # 1–”Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy…” These reminders [...]
“Thought creates the world…”
Posted in Dialogue, Inspiration, Language, Listening, Photography, Wholeness on March 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Thought creates the world and then says, ‘I didn’t do it.” David Bohm I love this quote from Bohm. I don’t profess to understand Quantum Mechanics, or much of what Bohm talks about–I just know that when I watch videos of him in dialogue with Krishnamurti, I fall in love with him and with his [...]
“Nirvana is…”
Posted in Inspiration, Language, Listening, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Wholeness on March 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Nirvana is the capacity to maintain your composure in the face of ceaseless change” – Suzuki Roshi – I have to wonder…is nirvana also the capacity to maintain your composure in the face of ceaseless sameness? Winter here persists. Tonight we change the clocks to “daylight savings time.” Tomorrow my body clock will awaken at [...]
“Can they hear us talking…?”
Posted in Dad, Dialogue, Family, Inspiration, Language, Listening, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness on March 6, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’m having lunch in a wireless cafe with my father. He’s 83 years young and has never touched a computer. In the heyday of his career he traveled the globe–long before “globalization” became a household word. He was often gone for 3 – 4 weeks at a time and if we were very, very lucky [...]
