meaning of life – wabi-sabi

Seeing with Passion

Posted on 08/05/202008/05/2020 by Jeanne

Evening sparks light

My desire is every person understood we are ever evolving in our understanding of ourselves. Realize we get trapped in sick thoughts to dwell on our failures and shortcomings. Feel ill-equipped to deal with those who harm us. Desire everything that is wrong in order to numb our pain.

But time waits for no one. While moons rise and suns set, you will realize the warmth of forgiveness. Live for that day.

I believe in love and ultimate truth. What remains relative is desire. Desire does not search for or find truth, but rather forcibly bends light, to pompously plop itself down on a pedestal, and demand its way. This is neither love or wisdom.

Photography, Poetry

Senryū

Posted on 08/04/202008/04/2020 by Jeanne

my heart is emptied
what lingers is sediment
a fear of the dark

Musings, Photography, Poetry

Week in Review: B & W

Posted on 08/03/202008/03/2020 by Jeanne

I am not fully back. 
Just dropping by 
to say hi.
Hope you are well. 

Laughter is healing 
and contagious. 
Feels good to chuckle
Come join in the ruckus!!

Photography, Poetry

Broken Voices

Posted on 07/28/202007/28/2020 by Jeanne

I’m not sure how this happens. This felt hurt in soaked land. Or why I share the shards. Pieces not able to fit together. How far I fell before I flapped wings, sewed as rainbow parachutes.

Sometimes. —-I dont play fair. I play true. You asked me not to care. I played true then too. Quieted my heart until i barely breathed. Felt unsure why my soul still sang. Then dared the impossible. And you ran faster than the wind could carry me.

Poetry

Abandoned Voices

Posted on 07/13/202007/13/2020 by Jeanne

The emptiness was swallowed. In the end, nothing was left except tired. She took to the pillows with ease. Found her pulse where needle injections hurled insults into the vein. And breathed through another night, absent of light.

Photography, Poetry

Depression Robbed

Posted on 07/07/202007/08/2020 by Jeanne

Add your favorite sad song that plays on repeat when you are in a funk!

Musings, Photography, Poetry, prose

To my own drum

Posted on 07/03/2020 by Jeanne

lay ears upon me
the steady beat of fever
the silent wings fly

I miss handwritten notes, long talks, music, and prayers. I miss Indiana friends.

I feel a victim of the present instant gratification culture. Unwittingly, I have been swallowed whole by a mob mentality of shoving and pushing our way to the top. The guise of morality when we know we are sinners. The breach of sacred life has been cheapened with money.

I know myself. But how well? And how well do I know you? Are we all numbers and votes and popularity slogans? Will I be diminished if the politicians and I disagree?

Perhaps I best live and let it all go. Release the slogans and messages, the poetry and art. Let my world be still. To then be reborn, so when I write or paint or dance it means I am living free. To not feed the monsters we all have become.

Photography, Poetry

Week in Review: B&W

Posted on 06/29/202006/29/2020 by Jeanne

meager existence
illumination makes way
life grasps my hand, tight

Endurance. Fire. Water. Emerge. Make a splash. Boundaries and halos. Forgiveness. Clarity. Path forward. Joy. Fog. Agony… The peace promised will arrive on time. Do not give up.

It has been quite a week. How has your week been? Care to share? Please do.