Tag Archives: Shape

DO NOT DESPAIR

Do not despair. For a dark and dire outlook, when twisted, tweaked, or briskly shook, can with a clever hand be shaped, if outlook has a muddy face. . . Or if a rigid, rocky, sharp-edged view, hope from despair … Continue reading

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FORM AND SUBSTANCE

In some situations a lack of substance erodes or drains the effect and the power of a beautiful form. At other times, a lack of order, form or structure, renders lame a thing or being that has strong legs and … Continue reading

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BENT ON YOUR LIFE

When into shape you bend and let in the strength you’ve always had peek out a tad, pulled by your life’s bright deepest urge, you finally dare to dive right in. . . oh yes!! It may spur fear and … Continue reading

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TAP INTO LOVE

Wait! Stop or pause, whatever you do, though that can be quite hard to do– to take a minute, while you’re wrapped up in the world’s daily, droning humming. . If need be, whack your hands together on each other, … Continue reading

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THE MOST IMPORTANT SOUND IN MUSIC

The most important sound in music is the rest. . . for it’s only in the quiet that we pick up all the rest of it and ply it, and shape it to the grasp of our wee brains, until, … Continue reading

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