The Whorl Stone — the Rock That Turns
THE STONE THAT TURNS AND TURNS AGAIN. When a map becomes clear, there’s a path that could be drawn. It might not be for all to see. Others might see it, take those fragile steps into the unknown — and some: never again venture into the risk of the unseen, the...
The Turning Path
WHICH WAY, GO YOU? THE TURNING PATH THE PATH THAT TURNS, AND TURNS AGAIN. EVERY TIME, BACK TO A PLACE. SNOW IS FALLING. A DEEPER COLD EMERGES. And, in the blinding snow, the sun is so bright that the trees are lit from beneath, it’s a brilliant day. Light filled. Out...
The Light Finder
THE BIRTH OF LIGHT THE QUEST AND THE LEGENDS OF THE LIGHT FINDER I was holding light, an illumination that reminded me of a salamander of the luminous, curling like an embryo — light lizard. This, on a full-mooned night, the radiance spilling down and lighting the...
THE TURNING
I’m looking for paths. The turning — Every thing turns and spins in its order. What? That? I’ve been out, looking at the stars, pondering the turning — and now, the great waves, that roar and roll, persistently. Listening to the water — the turning and churning, waves...
LOOKING FOR LIGHT | THE QUEST FOR THE LUMINOUS
THE ALLEGORY OF LIGHT — AND THE SHINING WITHIN —- Aren’t we all looking for light, looking into the light? Seems that way. I look in the light and I look into the dark. I live in both of those presences. That which illuminates, and that which darkens — for they are...
Happy Handwriting Day
According to the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) website "The purpose of National Handwriting Day is to alert the public to the importance of handwriting. According to WIMA, National Handwriting Day is a chance for all of us to re-explore the...
The Allegory of the Seasons: The Fall
The Poetry of Transition It is curious that only two seasons speak to action: the Spring. And the Fall. Winter doesn't describe much, unless we are to infer...inter-ruption. Etymologically, winter is derived from the Old English: water. Summer is merely, in its...
THE ART OF FINDING
PLACEMAKING AND JOURNEYS ………………….. WORKING + BEING IN A CERTAIN PLACE — A JOURNEY OF FINDING. There’s one thing, to the idea of working in other places in the world — learning to be there: work there, explore there, BE OUT THERE; but invariably that means that you are...
Into the Mist
INTO THE MIST — MYSTERY AND UNKNOWING, CLARITY AND KNOWING THE UNCERTAINTY OF SEEING | A JOURNEY INTO THE FOG SOCIETY Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true, reliable measure of momentum is the sound of your...
David Bowie | The Passion of the Blood
David Bowie | Passionate Blood: the emergent hunger of the darker side and the Quest for Light. Exploring the quest of Light and the Dark -- the preternatural (brand). I’ve made some observations in the past, about the patterning of passage: people die; and human...