OZZ DOLLS FACTORY : Julien Martinez official website.

OZZ DOLLS FACTORY : Julien Martinez official website.

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kukulaland

kukulaland

How To Lucid Dream

How To Lucid Dream

Health in Your Hand: Seven Mudras for Amazing Health Benefits

Health in Your Hand: Seven Mudras for Amazing Health Benefits

Paint By Word

Paint By Word

The Mind's Retreat

The Mind's Retreat

The Giving Spirit

Some time ago a friend of mine punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put it under their Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you daddy." He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty.

He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside of it?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and again begged her forgiveness.

My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years. Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remembered the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children. No more precious possession could anyone hold...

Why Living a Life of Gratitude Can Make You Happy | zen habits

Why Living a Life of Gratitude Can Make You Happy | zen habits

Be Thankful
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~

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My Resignation as an Adult

My Resignation as an Adult

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 5 year old again.

• I want to go to McDonald's and think that it is a four star restaurant.
• I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond with rocks.
• I want to think M&M's are better than money because you can eat them.
• I want to lie under a big oak tree and watch the ants march up its trunk.
• I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.
• I want to go fishing and care more about catching the minnows along the shore than the big bass in the lake.
• I want to think the world is fair.
• I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all I knew about were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes. When I didn't know what I know now. When all I knew was to be happy because I was blissfully unaware of all the things that should make me worried.
• I want to think that a quarter is worth more than a dollar bill because it is prettier and weighs more.
• I want to think that everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.
• I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things in life again.
• I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, dreams, the imagination, the Tooth Fairy, a kiss that makes a boo-boo go away, making angels in the snow, and that my dad and G-d are the strongest people in the world.

So......here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit cards and the bills, my 401K statements, my stocks and bonds, my collections, my insurance premiums, my job, my house and the payments, my e-mail address, pager, cell phone, computer, and watch. I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this with me further, you'll have to catch me
cause........
tag! You're it!

Color Schemes, Color Palettes, Color Theory

Color Schemes, Color Palettes, Color Theory

Noah's Lark

Noah's Lark

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

You still need a reason.

That’s what you tell yourself as you sit there, constantly tapping away at the wall beside you, then at the side of your head and back again, slamming your fingers over and over against hard plaster and your own skull until they turn numb, just aware enough of it as you’re doing it to hate yourself for the stupid meaninglessness of it, but never aware enough to tell yourself why you’re doing it, to see some pattern in this burst of idiotic chaos.

You still need a reason for it when you crawl into bed and spend what seems like hours rubbing your face into your pillow, and against the skin of your teddy bear, revelling in its texture — if you can even call it reveling, because there’s no real joy in it, if it’s anything it’s a compulsion, as if you’re not really there in the bed, and able to let yourself sleep, until you’ve made yourself raw with its subtle and strange roughness.

You still need a reason for the way you’re not at a place until you’ve felt it, the way you’re not really there in that moment until the cold marble and crumbling stone of it has left some subtle sensation in your fingertips.

You still need a reason why the looser, rougher drawings you do, and the darker and grainier photos you take, end up meaning more to you than anything too polished and precise — you need a reason for the yearning you always have for control, in spite of the deeper satisfaction you have in chaos.

You still need a reason for the way you laugh when nothing around you is funny, and the way you want to bawl when you don’t have a single goddamned reason in the world to be sad.

You still need a reason for the strange music you’re always making — the clicking and snapping of your most restless and absorbed moments, the drifting hums of drifting hours, the laughlike breathing of manic minutes keeping their own bizarre beat, the tuneless croaks of your depressive descents the nearer you fall to the point of impact. You need a reason for the silences you can never allow yourself to savour, the stillness you can never allow yourself to claim.

You still need a reason for the foot-pounding, for standing so long at the sink letting water run over your fingers, for staring into bright lights, for constantly picking your own face apart, for taking things literally that a four-year old would know not to take seriously, for pressing your skin against very warm or very cold things to the point of pain that you know you shouldn’t be able to bear, for whole days of your life lost in a place that — when it’s at its very worst — seems more meaningful, and more real, than your everyday life.

And you need a reason for it that does not call itself autism or OCD or bipolarity. You need a reason that has no easy labels, no quick fixes, no medications or drugs — a reason that doesn’t make this big part of your existence seem in any way small. You need a reason that keeps the whole big fucked-up mess of it all as big and fucked and messy as ever, but still gives you room to be a little more than that.

On the good days, its label isn’t autism or bipolarity or anything else — it’s only Noah.

On the very good days, that’s almost good enough.

Brass Goggles

Brass Goggles

Pauline Jones

Pauline Jones

Vladimir Nabokov. Verses

Vladimir Nabokov. Verses

Silentium

Speak not, lie hidden, and conceal
the way you dream, the things you feel.
Deep in your spirit let them rise
akin to stars in crystal skies
that set before the night is blurred:
delight in them and speak no word.

How can a heart expression find?
How should another know your mind?
Will he discern what quickens you?
A thought once uttered is untrue.
Dimmed is the fountainhead when stirred:
drink at the source and speak no word.

Live in your inner self alone
within your soul a world has grown,
the magic of veiled thoughts that might
be blinded by the outer light,
drowned in the noise of day, unheard...

Wisdomology: The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent Keith

Wisdomology: The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent Keith

Musicovery : interactive webRadio

Musicovery : interactive webRadio

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By entranced

Summary of Buddha's Teaching

Summary of Buddha's Teaching

The Essence Buddha's Teaching

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Buddha set forth his teaching in the following doctrine.

The Four Noble Truths:

1. All things and experiences are marked by suffering/ disharmony/ frustration (dukkha)

2. The arising of suffering/ disharmony/ frustration comes from desire/ craving/ clinging.

3. To achieve the cessation/ end of suffering/ disharmony/ frustration, let go of desire/ craving/ clinging.

4. The way to achieve that cessation of suffering/ disharmony/ frustration, is walking the Eightfold Path.

The eightfold path to the cessation of suffering:

1. Right Understanding of the following facts:

• the truth about suffering ... (The Four Truths);
• everything is impermanent and changes;
• there is no separate individual self- this is an illusion. (We are one!)

2. Right Determination to:

• give up what is wrong and evil;
• undertake what is good;
• abandon thoughts that have to do with bringing suffering to any conscious being; cultivate thoughts that are of loving kindness, that are based on caring for others' suffering, and sympathetic joy in others' happiness.

3. Right Speech:

• Abstain from telling lies.
• Abstain from talk that brings harm or discredit to others (such as backbiting or slander) or talk that creates hatred or disharmony between individuals and groups.
• Abstain from harsh, rude, impolite, malicious, or abusive language.
• Abstain from idle, useless, and foolish babble and gossip. Abstain from recrimination and negative statements.
• Abstain from harsh speech—practice kindly speech.
• Abstain from frivolous speech—practice meaningful speech.
• Abstain from slanderous speech—practice harmonious speech.
• Speak the truth if it is useful and timely. Practice only necessary speech. Let your speech be filled with loving kindness. Speak that which alleviates suffering.

4. Right Action:

• Peaceful, honorable conduct; abstain from dishonest dealings; take concrete steps necessary to foster what is good.
• Do things that are moral, honest, and alleviate suffering. Do not do things that will bring suffering to others or yourself.

5. Right Livelihood:

• Abstain from making your living from an occupation that brings harm and suffering to humans or animals, or diminish their well being. This includes: activities that directly harm conscious beings, and activities that indirectly harm sentient beings, e.g., making weapons or poisons.

6. Right Effort:

• Foster good and prevent evil;
• Work on yourself—be engaged in appropriate self-improvement. The essence of right effort is that everything must be done with a sense of proper balance that fits the situation. Effort should be properly balanced between trying too hard and not trying hard enough. For example, strike the balance between excessive fasting and over-indulgence in food. Trying hard to progress too rapidly gets poor results, as does not trying hard enough.

7. Right Mindfulness or wakefulness:

• Foster right attention.
• Avoid whatever clouds our mental awareness (e.g., drugs).
• Systematically and intentionally develop awareness.

8. Right Concentration:

• Developed by practicing meditation and/or mental focusing. Proper meditation must be done continuously while awake, and should include work on awareness of body, emotions, thought, and mind objects.

Five basic precepts:

1. Abstain from killing living beings (from destroying/taking life)—or practice love.

2. Abstain from taking the not-given (from stealing)—or practice generosity, practice giving.

3. Abstain from sexual misconduct—or practice contentment.

4. Abstain from false speech (from lying)—or practice truthfulness.

5. Abstain from taking intoxicating drinks—or practice awareness and mental clarity.

Buddha said:

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

The following prose, attributed to Buddha, is a poetic expression of the way he saw the world.

Buddha said:

• I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes.


• I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles.


• I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags.


• I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in India as a drop of oil upon my foot.


• I perceive the teachings of the world as the illusions of magicians.


• I discern the highest conception of emancipation as a golden brocade in a dream, and view the holy path of the illuminated ones as flowers appearing in one's eyes.


• I see meditation as a pillar of a mountain, nirvana as a nightmare of daytime.


• I look upon the judgments of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of belief as traces left by the four seasons.

paintings

paintings

The Boat Lullabies: The Way Of All Flesh

The Boat Lullabies: The Way Of All Flesh

Milarepa, Yogi of Tibet - Buddhist Saint

Milarepa, Yogi of Tibet - Buddhist Saint


"Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule"
Milarepa

Buddhist Quotes

Buddhist Quotes



Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is.
In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day,
'one who knows the better way to live alone.'
Bhaddekaratta Sutta

A beautiful revolution: blog: Daydreamer

A beautiful revolution: blog: Daydreamer

Daydreamer

I've been sitting on this wall all of my life, heart upon my sleeve, everything crossed, sandwiches unpacked, waiting for someone truly extraordinary to find me.

And the song on the radio sings... Daydreamer, sittin' on the seat, soaking up the sun...

I've been sitting in this kitchen all of my life, painting these pictures, writing these words, waiting for someone to make sense of it all.

And the song on the radio sings... He's a real lover, makin' up the past and feeling up his girl like he's never felt her figure before...

I've been lying on this couch all of my life, asking her questions, telling her secrets, knowing that one day it all will become clear.

And the song on the radio sings... A joy dropper, looks good when he walks, he is the subject of their talk...

I've been watching this world passing me by all of my life, believing that one day, someone will stop for a second and finally, finally be interested in the things I have to say.

And the song on the radio sings... He would be hard to chase, but good to catch...

I've spent all of my life sitting in parks, getting lost in the dark, always taking the wrong path, knowing that one day I will find my way home

And the song on the radio sings... and he could change the world with his hands behind his back...

Even Happier: The 7 beliefs of the super happy people

Even Happier: The 7 beliefs of the super happy people: "You are ok You are as you are, with all your limits, with all your faults, the good and the bad. You have the right to exist and be happy."

Om Mani Padme Hum: The Meaning of the Mantra in Tibetan Buddhism

Om Mani Padme Hum: The Meaning of the Mantra in Tibetan Buddhism

All of the Dharma is based on Buddha's discovery that suffering is unnecessary: Like a disease, once we really face the fact that suffering exists, we can look more deeply and discover it's cause; and when we discover that the cause is dependent on certain conditions, we can explore the possibility of removing those conditions.

Buddhist Temples India, Buddhist Pilgrimage in India, Buddhism Origin, Buddhism Religion, Buddhist Temple Tours, Buddhist Pilgrimage Travel India, Inf

Buddhist Temples India, Buddhist Pilgrimage in India, Buddhism Origin, Buddhism Religion, Buddhist Temple Tours, Buddhist Pilgrimage Travel India, Information on Buddhism

Ajahn Brahm - Meditation: The Heart of Buddhism

Ajahn Brahm - Meditation: The Heart of Buddhism

The Buddha was a very remarkable person, his peacefulness, compassion and wisdom, were legendary. There is something about enlightenment that is very attractive. In the same way there is something about freedom that you cannot ignore. That is why little by little, you will understand what Buddhism is all about. You won't understand Buddhism from the books nor will you understand Buddhism from what I say. You'll only understand Buddhism in your own experiences of peaceful meditation. That's where Buddhism is taught. So have fun with your meditation and don't be afraid of enlightenment. Get in there, enjoy it, and you will have no regrets.

That's what Buddhism is. That's its heart – meditation and enlightenment. That's its meaning.

To meditate is to make a complete break with how we "normally" operate, for
it is a state free of all cares and concerns, in which there is no
competition, no desire to possess or grasp at anything, no intense and
anxious struggle, and no hunger to achieve: an ambitionless state where
there is neither acceptance nor rejection, neither hope nor fear, a state in
which we slowly begin to release all those emotions and concepts that have
imprisoned us into the space of natural simplicity.


Sogyal Rinpoche

"Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because by realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop greater resolve to put an end to the causes of suffering and the unwholesome deeds which lead to suffering. And it will increase your enthusiasm for engaging in the wholesome actions and deeds which lead to happiness and joy."

-Dalai Lama

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or rouse it by straining at the emotions or by dedicating yourself solemnly to the service of mankind. Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself. This conviction will not come through condemnations, through hating oneself, through calling self love bad names in the universe. It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.

--Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

Comes The Dawn - A Poem - The Recovery Emporium

Comes The Dawn - A Poem - The Recovery Emporium

"After a While"

After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn...

© 1971 Veronica A. Shoffstall

YouTube - David Lynch's Public Service Announcement

YouTube - David Lynch's Public Service Announcement

tarepanda

tarepanda




Sometimes I feel like that's my world....and there's no way out from under.

Must find outlet for my disappointments and misgivings.

For all I have to be grateful for....I always tend to dwell on my have nots , instead of my haves.

Om Mani Peme Hung - ZappInternet.com

Om Mani Peme Hung - ZappInternet.com

Wildlife Photography by Hal Brindley

Wildlife Photography by Hal Brindley

Must see website for all ages. Amazing photography and a truly genuine man.



In his words:

"My real goal in life is to travel the world and to learn about the incredible variety of creatures that fill it. When you start to learn about these beasts, you start to care about them.

That is what I hope to pass on to you, the notion that planet Earth was not designed for human beings to rule. We are just one of the many incredible by-products of evolution, like all the plants and animals and one-celled doo-dads that surround us. I'm not going to start hugging trees right here in front of you, but I do believe that we can consider the rest of our kin, the community of life, when we make our everyday decisions.

Many species have come and gone before us, and many more will come and go after us, I assure you. Even if we manage to accidentally wipe out 99% of life on this planet, including ourselves, life and evolution will go on. Still, it seems a shame to allow that to happen, to so rapidly undo what nature has taken hundreds of millions of years to come up with.

So I'm here to tell you, it doesn't have to happen. If you care, you can and will make a difference.

I think these critters are pretty neat, and definitely worth keeping around.

Hopefully you will too."

::MEANNORTH::ILLUSTRATION::NAJA CONRAD-HANSEN

::MEANNORTH::ILLUSTRATION::NAJA CONRAD-HANSEN

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Poetry X » Poetry Archives » Robert Frost » "The Silken Tent"

Poetry X » Poetry Archives » Robert Frost » "The Silken Tent"

The Silken Tent

She is as in a field a silken tent
At midday when the sunny summer breeze
Has dried the dew and all its ropes relent,
So that in guys it gently sways at ease,
And its supporting central cedar pole,
That is its pinnacle to heavenward
And signifies the sureness of the soul,
Seems to owe naught to any single cord,
But strictly held by none, is loosely bound
By countless silken ties of love and thought
To everything on earth the compass round,
And only by one’s going slightly taut
In the capriciousness of summer air

NEJM -- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat

NEJM -- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat

Knowledge of Reality Magazine

Knowledge of Reality Magazine

Inventory: 12 Famous Living Recluses | The A.V. Club

Inventory: 12 Famous Living Recluses | The A.V. Club:

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www.myspace.com/joydivision1976


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The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don’t Take Anything Personally Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don’t Make Assumptions Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama.

4. Always Do Your Best Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse and regret.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai Lama

Psychology Today: Field Guide to the Loner: The Real Insiders

Psychology Today: Field Guide to the Loner: The Real InsidersField Guide to the Loner: The Real Insiders
Loners are pitied in our up-with-people culture. But the introvert reaps secret joy from the solitary life.

To be wise is to live in an inner harmony
that eventually overcomes all outer discords
~N. Sri Ram~

Zune Arts

Zune Arts



Shot at 2007-07-20

The Secret To Successful Parenting: Make Yourself Dispensable

The Secret To Successful Parenting: Make Yourself Dispensable: "Do Not Take Away Hope. Do Not Prepare Them For Disappointment.
Allow room for their imagination to run wild. Let them dream. Let them fantasize. If they declare what they want to be when they grow up - go with it.

“So, you want to be a ballet dancer? How much fun would that be!”
“A doctor, eh? Being able to make people better is a fine responsibility.”
This is so much better than cutting them down with a swift, “Well, the only thing in your favour is your unreadable handwriting!”"

Orisinal : Morning Sunshine

Orisinal : Morning Sunshine

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche: "Through meditation, we can learn how to encourage our mind to create a feeling of peace in the body. This can be as simple as relaxing and saying to ourselves, “Let my body be calm and peaceful now,” and really feeling that this is happening. It is the beginning of meditation—and of wisdom, too."

A beautiful revolution: blog: postcards I may send

A beautiful revolution: blog: postcards I may send

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labours and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

PeeMonster

PeeMonster

BlueFlip Art - Buy prints. Save cash. Help charities.

BlueFlip Art - Buy prints. Save cash. Help charities.

Art News Blog: Doll Face Short Film by Andy Huang

Art News Blog: Doll Face Short Film by Andy Huang

Beautiful, simple and totally serene. Made me feel that I wanted to heal her...make her see how looking like that meant nothing.

poly prop

poly prop

Untitled Document

Untitled Document



By entranced at 2007-07-19

Locations - Abandoned Photography and Urban Exploration : opacity.us

Locations - Abandoned Photography and Urban Exploration : opacity.us

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I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. - Pablo Neruda

Klaudia Marr Gallery: Contemporary Realism/Daniel Jackson

Klaudia Marr Gallery: Contemporary Realism/Daniel Jackson

By entranced at 2007-07-10

A gallery of walls with stuff written on

A gallery of walls with stuff written on


By entranced at 2007-07-10

Edmund Dulac Art Images

Edmund Dulac Art Images

ZEN, WOMEN, AND BUDDHISM

ZEN, WOMEN, AND BUDDHISM
By entranced at 2007-07-10

http://www.4truths.com/

digifox.org { art }

digifox.org { art }
By entranced at 2007-06-22

The Nightingale and the Rose - A Fairy Tale by Oscar Wilde (from The Happy Prince and Other Tales)

The Nightingale and the Rose - A Fairy Tale by Oscar Wilde (from The Happy Prince and Other Tales): "The Nightingale and the Rose
A Fairy Tale by Oscar Wilde"

margaretstratton.com

margaretstratton.com

Bildmacherin

Bildmacherin

I Will Always Love You.jpg (JPEG Image, 430x397 pixels)

I Will Always Love You.jpg (JPEG Image, 430x397 pixels)

The Crunch by Charles Bukowski at Old Poetry

The Crunch by Charles Bukowski at Old Poetry
The Crunch
too much too little

too fat
too thin
or nobody.

laughter or
tears

haters
lovers

strangers with faces like
the backs of
thumb tacks

armies running through
streets of blood
waving winebottles
bayoneting and fucking
virgins.

an old guy in a cheap room
with a photograph of M. Monroe.

there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock

people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.

people just are not good to each other
one on one.

the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.

we are afraid.

our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners

it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.

or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone

untouched
unspoken to

watering a plant.

people are not good to each other.
people are not good to each other.
people are not good to each other.

I suppose they never will be.
I don't ask them to be.

but sometimes I think about
it.

the beads will swing
the clouds will cloud
and the killer will behead the child
like taking a bite out of an ice cream cone.

too much
too little

too fat
too thin
or nobody

more haters than lovers.

people are not good to each other.
perhaps if they were
our deaths would not be so sad.

meanwhile I look at young girls
stems
flowers of chance.

there must be a way.

surely there must be a way that we have not yet
though of.

who put this brain inside of me?

it cries
it demands
it says that there is a chance.

it will not say
"no."

Photo - Temperal Paradox

Photo - Temperal Paradox

tell_me_something_1.jpg (JPEG Image, 372x410 pixels)

tell_me_something_1.jpg (JPEG Image, 372x410 pixels)

Dominic Ebacher Homepage - Starfish Story

Dominic Ebacher Homepage - Starfish StoryThe Starfish Story

A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean.

"Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?," he asks.

"Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don't throw them further in they will die."

"But, old man, don't you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can't possibly save them all, you can't even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won't make any difference at all."

The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and throw it into the sea. "It made a difference to that one."

-Aaron Hawks-

-Aaron Hawks-

LITHIUM PICNIC studio

LITHIUM PICNIC studio

David Suzuki Foundation: Home

David Suzuki Foundation: Home

The Electric Enneagram - Movie Review

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Yaga Art Gallery

Yaga Art Gallery

The Urban Etiquette Handbook -- New York Magazine

The Urban Etiquette Handbook -- New York Magazine

Member's Art of The Society for Art of Imagination

Member's Art of The Society for Art of Imagination

truemomconfessions

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LINDA ZACKS IS EXTRA-OOMPH: illustration | design | art

LINDA ZACKS IS EXTRA-OOMPH: illustration | design | art

CyberBullying Can Kill: Some Children Commit Suicide Because of Electronic Bullying

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Last Lemon Productions - Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar, Harold's Planet

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at a distance but within view - galleries - colour

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Фотограф Michael David Adams » 2photo | theFOTO.ru | thePHOTO.ru | artJOB.ru - гламурные фото от лучших фотографов

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Tara McPherson

Tara McPherson

talks by Gil Fronsdal

talks by Gil Fronsdal

jasinski on deviantART

jasinski on deviantART

Mindfulness In Plain English

Mindfulness In Plain English

The planets are aligned and I feel maligned

Bright lights, big city..okay okay small city. But who's asking?

All my astrological "stuff" says I'm due for a big romance. To meet that fabulous one. He's going to come down from the heavens and finally prove that there is someone as kookie and nuts as me. Or at least find my kookie and eccentric sweet self absolutely irresistible lol

Then I got to thinking as I am apt to do on occasion. How the hell is this man going to find me? The only times I go out are to work, to the grocery, or to the park with the kids. Well I only worked one day last week. The weather dictates no trips to the park. Okay yeh I went to the grocery this week but I got a lift there by my Mother! FFS!!! Who the hell is going to approach this funky 40(ish) yr old when she's with her Mommy?

I know, I know you're thinking I have only got myself to blame. You're right. But you know I have zero desire to start hanging out in bars. Although I did take myself out for coffee this week. It turned out to be a futile exercise. Only making me feel more isolated from the rest of the world. There are actually a couple of cool, eccentric little coffee shops in the city. That I could happily go to alone. I travelled the world just me myself and I. So it's not a new concept.

You see I just get this massive attack of self deprecation and tell myself why bother.

Off home I go to kids, my own coffee and my trusty p.c. All of which I adore of course.

The haves and have nots

Okay....why is it whenever I meet a damn fabulous man he tends to have baggage.

We can talk the night away..agree and agree and be in wonder of one another. Totally connected. But always always there is an issue. Distance, orientation, circumstance, up to and including being married.

I would never intend to become emotionally involved with a married man. I have suffered infidelity in my own marriage. I could never intentionally try to take a man from a perfectly wonderful woman.

But every once in awhile I meet these great men. Who say they are totally in a happy marriage. Then after some time it comes out that they are not living a whole life. That they have so much of who they are buried because it would not be to their partners liking.

I empower them. Make them see that what they have to suppress, up to including actually feeling shame over is totally okay. It's okay to have desires and needs. And why the hell would anyone not be able to share it with the person they have chosen to spend their life with? That THAT boggles my mind.

How can someone say they are happily in a partnership with someone of they have to suppress parts of themselves that are so damn significant!?

Well...I have a very open mind. I don't judge. I have lived. Lived large, compared to your average person I suppose.

I wish I could find one of these men who have so much of themselves to explore that is not attached damn it!

Where is that man? He's wasting precious moments of a life most blessed.

Money, career, a living situation. None of this is as valuable as having a full emotional life. Spiritual riches are so much more. Make you feel more valid in yourself. Fulfilled.

I want to be rich, beyond measure. I want to share my riches with someone...and honey...those riches can't be deposited in a fucking bank.

As per usual

I brought my pain and disappointment with life here and realised I didn't want to dwell so I left another perfectly good blog space to flounder.

I am grateful I do have people in my life who think I'm pretty amazing. And well I think so too on the whole.

I wish I could disallow the few who affect me. I wish I could erase them from my memory and from my daily life now. They don't see "me", I'm not really sure what it is they do see. But whatever it is they don't understand it.

And ya know what? That's their problem and not mine. I need to drill that into my head. a LOT!