April 2016 – Reaching Joy

2016 thoughts

The way I’ve learned to see it, we can know some things- but those things can never be “man made.” Intensive inquiry made without acute observation from the natural world? Thoughts? Writing? Speech? Words themselves? These are all things we make every day to help others better understand our experience. Can you imagine that, onceContinue reading “2016 thoughts “

Central Park

And then, you remember: under every leaf and tree, beneath every bit of skin within every life on Earth there is what we call Love. April 23, 2016

The Elegant Loner

Originally posted on Rivers Renewed:
The loner can be so elegant, and bold, holding his or her distance as a strength a trophy of aloofness, never wavering until the wind becomes dangerous, and their sea walls begin the crumble. They look good though, poised strength only slightly shaken, they must know deep down, they were…

Sitting at LACMA

We are never stuck in ourselves my feet planted on concrete connected to ambivalent sky as the trees sway to the rhythm of wind that played on my ancestors’ cheeks. June 13, 2015

On Paper

words flow out like water you were made to create carry each line with care glide over them like a feather on glass you are made of stars; let them be your pen. April 16, 2016

All

It’s all about leaning forward. In the moments fear grabs your neck like a thief and you don’t know where you belong– the sky or the ground– realize that all we can do is lean into the moment. It’s all about being honest with yourself, about yourself. In the times joy cradles youContinue reading “All”

Haiku 4

Sit in April rain; now watch as it turns to snow; laugh that this is spring. April 9, 2016

Love is Now

I do not have to save the world. I do not have to solve every problem. I do not have to be perfect. I only have to be here, now. The only way I disrupt the now is by focusing on the pain of the past or the uncertainty of the future. Continue reading “Love is Now”

Haiku 3

Sometimes, all we need is to acknowledge the love we already have. image by me in NY, NY ❤ April 3, 2016

The Human Condition

Alone in my head how did this happen again? Afraid of myself more than anyone else afraid of my mind’s tricks like the devil part of me runs, part of me nourishes. External realities versus internal dimensionality my vulnerability got me everything good and everything bad trust my mind– it is strong, then flies outContinue reading “The Human Condition”