thankful for friends in faraway places
I have so much gratitude for artists reminding us of our humanity.
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everything changes yet it’s all stardust in the end
“I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through oh, oh yeah”
The Doors
Read MoreAFP Breaks My Heart ~ American Sentence (lost) Day 85 of 108
Amanda Fucking Palmer blows my mind and my heart. She is relentless in her raw vulnerability, an inspiration, an ardent champion for humanity in all its passion and messiness and ugliness and real-ness.
There is no intermission. Only life.
Photo of Amanda Palmer in Ireland by Stephanie Zakas
Read MoreNever Forget – People Have the Power ~ American Sentence Day 108 of 108
Was there ever a time when imagination and love are not more important than ever?
Image: Detail of Sky Pixel 4 – in progress
Read Moremusic is medicine ~ American Sentence Day 105 of 108
bring it down, into the body . . .
Read MoreFragments of Samsara
Mandala painting by Jill Sans.
sam·sa·ra
/səmˈsärə/
the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.
Gripped by Love!
Trippin’ down memory lane, finding new things along the path, and feeling hopeful for the future.
Read MoreChange, Art, and Meaning across Generations
This week, I posed for three local artists after taking quite a long break from the work. I had forgotten how my mind sort of spins as my body becomes a landscape. There is a shift in my perception, like I am taking in light.
Read MoreInklings of Life (on Mars?) ~ American Sentence 103 of 108
David Bowie will forever be in my heart and consciousness.
Read MoreMusic Monday ~ Easy to be Hard
Cheryl Barnes from the movie Hair – photographer unknown
This week’s message: Choose Love!
Read MoreEarly Morning Fire ~ American Sentence Day 94 of 108
I drift between wakefulness and sleep from around 3 to 4 am until about 5:30 – I fall back to sleep until 6, when my alarm goes off. It’s better when I surrender – maybe take a cool shower and then, drift in and out of sleep, thinking of dreams,
and noticing.
The Lovers – April Fool’s Journey
Kings and Lovers “Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules! The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to “honor and obey,” maybe we should swear to “aid and abet.”-Tom Robbins The LOVERS card represents the archetypes of union, romantic love, […]
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