Busy Busy or is just a state of mind.
January 24, 2012
Am I busy? is it a frame of mind? yes I have a lot on that has to be said, but I am noticing that when I keep thinking and saying I am so busy how am I going to fit everything in, then the feeling of never having enough time seems to permeate my day. Neve feel I am making headway. So now I am beginning to realise i need to replace this view, its not serving me at all!! ”There is enough time”, just holding this thought I notice a different vibrational quality, this is going to become my new mantra.
So today I am up at 4.30, have done my meditation, written my morning pages, which is a must and so helpful to me to empty my thoughts and write it out so to speak. Its now 7, still pitch black outside, going to make breakfast, grated apple, desert spoon each of jumbo oats, sunflower, flax and pump seeds and then when all stirred into the wet shards of apple I put a dollop of Rachel’s greek style natural yog on top. Sometimes in my homemade yoghurt, but not this morning.
then it will be off to the office, have to finish of an apartment design, continue with a presentation for Feb 1, continue ongoing work on 7 other projects, keep calm and meet a supplier and keep telling myself “there is enough time” Its full on no doubt but if I take my day in my stride, hold a knowingness that each day unfolds in precisely the correct fashion, what gets done today is what is meant, and for each day as it unfolds…………..
Today’s image is a mandala I sketched out in a state of ecstasy and purest joy, after dancing five rhythms for 90 mins I was on such a high, I am going to link this image with my Mantra, so everytime I say “there is enough time” I can call up this feeling too………
just had to post
January 3, 2012
my dear friend Pauline posted this today, just had to share it here
“There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right and pray for the ones who don’t. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living.”
Murmuration
December 1, 2011
This is amazing, just in case you don’t know what a murmuration is, its a flock of starlings !
eyes on the world and some heart stuff
September 25, 2011
sketch book doodlings…………. and more creative stuff
WILD HORSES
August 1, 2011
Life’s mysteries
May 16, 2011
Strolling along, no hurry just leisurely walking and taking in the birds singing, time to think, time to ponder over life’s mysteries. Walking amongst the trees and flowers and feeding the ducks, wonderful past time.
I came across this little pair of little goslings, so cute and so inquisitive……… they didn’t seem to mind at all that I was taking their photograph.
Look at this wonderful old tree trunk, kind of voluptuous and giving, full of stories and wisdom, I wonder what she has seen during her life span?
The sun is warming my face and arms, round and round it travels, but actually we are orbiting the sun and at the very same time we orbit the sun, the moon is actually orbiting us! If we look down from the north pole both are doing so in a counterclockwise position. I find this extraordinary, so much happens everyday out there in the cosmos, the vast sea of planets and the stars that fill our night sky, I have to say the enormity of all overwhelms at times, I feel dwarfed by its vastness.
I wonder how many years this wise old tree has seen the sun rise and set? I have seen it do so for more years than I care to remember, but I guess with so many of these instances under my belt I too am becoming wise. Beginning to understand more clearly the life, death, life cycles, how important they are if we are to move forward and make space for new learning. I had a huge death a few months back, someone died who had played a huge part in my life and with it went so much that I had been holding onto. Now I have space, a space for new things to grow, new beginnings are stirring………………… in some way part of me feels like these little goslings, moving forward into a world full of wonder and new possibilities
Monuments lost in time
May 12, 2011
A facebook friend posted images of 25 momuments built in the former Yogoslavia back in the 60′s. Now totally abandoned and being left to decay. Commissioned by the then President Tito they were positioned in commemoration of great wars or concentration camps.
I was blown away by there sheer power and scale, you can see all of them on the following link
25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments that look like they’re from the Future | Crack Two.
talking of geese? here’s a few feathers !
March 29, 2011
Creative………….. Amazing what one can do with a few feathers………….. http://www.katemccgwire.com/
The feather explosions of Kate MccGwire | Yatzer™.
RIP dear lady
March 23, 2011
An Icon of my youth, Elizabeth Taylor what a beautiful lady you were, as Cleopatra you took my breath away………….
This first image is indelibly printed on my mind for many reasons, I spent many hours copying this dress in every detail, and spent weeks searching for the perfect serpent. I felt a million dollars, but the dress was only ever worn once.
RIP dear lady
flying tomorrow
March 17, 2011
up, up, up and away, for a whole week, bliss
R.I.P. dearest Tim
February 27, 2011
R.I.P. my dearest Tim, my thoughts are with you lovely man, may the next part of your journey be as courageous as this one wherever that may be………………. xx
Message from David Lynch
January 4, 2011
Now here is a man who knows what he is talking about. America needs people like this, people who see the value of our children, all the countries in the world need people like this !!
The following words are by no other than DAVID LYNCH an award winning director of so many great films.
I take my hat of to you Mr Lynch !!
In today’s world of fear and uncertainty, every child should have one class period a day to dive within himself and experience the field of silence—bliss—the enormous reservoir of energy and intelligence that is deep within all of us. This is the way to save the coming generation.
I have been “diving within” through the Transcendental Meditation technique for over 30 years. It has changed my life, my world. I am not alone. Millions of other people of all ages, religions, and walks of life practice the technique and enjoy incredible benefits.
Someday, hopefully very soon, “diving within” as a preparation for learning and as a tool for developing the creative potential of the mind will be a standard part of every school’s curriculum. The stresses of today’s world are taking an enormous toll on our children right now. There are hundreds of schools, with thousands of students, who are eager to relieve this stress and bring out the full potential of every student by providing this Consciousness-Based education today.
Our Foundation was established to ensure that any child in America who wants to learn and practice the Transcendental Meditation program can do so. The TM program is the most thoroughly researched and widely practiced program in the world for developing the full creative potential of the brain and mind, improving health, reducing stress, and improving academic outcomes. We provide scholarships for students to learn the technique and to receive the complete follow-up program of instruction throughout their student years to ensure they receive the maximum benefits. We also provide scholarships for students who want to attend the growing number of highly successful schools, colleges, and universities founded on this Consciousness-Based approach to education.
I have had the pleasure of meeting many students who are “diving within” and experiencing Consciousness-Based education. These students are all unique individuals, very much themselves. They are amazing, self-sufficient, wide-awake, energetic, blissful, creative, powerfully intelligent and peaceful human beings. Meeting these students, for me, was the proof that Consciousness-Based education is a profoundly good thing for our schools and for our world.
Research and experience document the profound benefits to society as a whole when our children dive within. Individual peace is the unit of world peace. By offering Consciousness-Based education to the coming generation, we can promote a strong foundation for a healthy, harmonious, and peaceful world. For this, the Foundation also supports the establishment of Universities of World Peace that will train the coming generation in a new profession: that of professional peacemaker.
Thank you very much for your interest. And please remember that Consciousness-Based education is not a luxury. For our children who are growing up in a stressful, often frightening, crisis-ridden world, it is a necessity.
http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/
vertical gardening
September 20, 2010
my kind of plants, sedums perfect for vertical planting, this is defintely the way to go, let soften all our concrete jungles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/design/plant_recipes/vertical_garden.shtml
sculptural form
September 20, 2010
Vulnerable, a word that I have been exploring lately in many ways, today it came out as a naked person, strung up from my arching floorlamp ( why cant i get the clip to play the correct way up? anybody know?). Soon it took on another shape 2D and took a trip to Paris, why there? not sure but its a good place to feel exposed…………..
