Sunday, July 29, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
cheryl art
every now and again, we might be lucky enough to feel In-Spired by art.
below (the pictures don't do the art justice),
but please allow me to tree-t you to a teeny-tiny taste of cheryl art:
below (the pictures don't do the art justice),
but please allow me to tree-t you to a teeny-tiny taste of cheryl art:
Sunday, July 22, 2012
tin man
just watched "the wizard of oz" 7.22.12 (10:18)
* it is one of the most metaphysical movies of all time:
kenny chessney "the tin man" lyrics
saw a man in the movies that didn't have a heart
how i wish i could give him mine
then i wouldn't have to feel it breaking all apart
and this emptiness inside would suit me fine
it's times like these
i wish i were a tin man
you could hurt me all you wanted
and i'd never even know
i'd give anything just to be the tin man
and i wouldn't have a heart and i wouldn't need a soul
i couldn't see your leavin' comin'
you took me by surprise
even now it still seems like a dream
but i know i can't be dreamin'
'cause as i lay down each night
the pain so great that it won't let me sleep
it's times like these
i wish i were a tin man
you could hurt me all you wanted
and i'd never even know
i'd give anything just to be the tin man
and i wouldn't have a heart and i wouldn't need a soul
well i'd give anything just to be the tin man
and i wouldn't have a heart and i wouldn't miss you so
another version:
.saw a man in the movies that didn't have a heart
how i wish i could give him mine
then i wouldn't have to feel it breaking all apart
and this emptiness inside would suit me fine
it's times like these
i wish i were a tin man
you could hurt me all you wanted
and i'd never even know
i'd give anything just to be the tin man
and i wouldn't have a heart and i wouldn't need a soul
i couldn't see your leavin' comin'
you took me by surprise
even now it still seems like a dream
but i know i can't be dreamin'
'cause as i lay down each night
the pain so great that it won't let me sleep
it's times like these
i wish i were a tin man
you could hurt me all you wanted
and i'd never even know
i'd give anything just to be the tin man
and i wouldn't have a heart and i wouldn't need a soul
well i'd give anything just to be the tin man
and i wouldn't have a heart and i wouldn't miss you so
another version:
by tracy chapman:
remember the tinman (lyrics)
there are locks on the doors and chains stretched across all the entries to the inside there's a gate and a fence and bars to protect from only God knows what lurks outside
who stole your heart left you with a space that no one and nothing can fill
who stole your heart who took it away knowing that without it you can't live
who took away the part so essential to the whole left you a hollow body skin and bone what robber what thief
who stole your heart and the key
who stole your heart the smile from your face the innocence the light from your eyes
who stole your heart or did you give it away and if so then when and why
who took away the part so essential to the whole left you a hollow body skin and bone what robber what thief
who stole your heart and the key now all sentiment is gone now you have no trust in no one who stole your heart did you know but forget the method and moment in time was it a trickster using mirrors and sleight of hand a strong elixir or a potion that you drank
who hurt your heart bruised it in a place that no one and nothing can heal
you've gone to wizards, princes and magic men you've gone to witches, the good the bad the indifferent
but still all sentiment is gone but still you have no trust in no one
if you can tear down the walls throw your armor away remove all roadblocks barricades if you can forget there are bandits and dragons to slay and don't forget that you defend an empty space and remember the tinman found he had what he thought he lacked remember the tinman go find your heart and take it back
who stole your heart maybe no one can say one day you will find it i pray
ozz... is a zoo
alternative titles:
"sometimes, reality is backwards"
(or)
"we're off to see the wizard"
"sometimes, reality is backwards"
(or)
"we're off to see the wizard"
in the move-ie "the wizard of oz"...
1. a young person has trouble communicating with her family and friends, and...
2. she wishes for another world, somewhere "over the rainbow" where everything is right, and...
3. she meets a wizard (one who uses a number of methods to 'see' the unseen), and...
4. she falls into a dream, and man-i-fests into a different world, and...
5. she enters that new world: one of color, and song, and multiple paths, and...
6. she learns about that world of good and evil, and...
7. she hopes to meet a higher being, a master... a wizard who can accomplish miraculous feats, and...
8. she meets a very smart (yet brainless) scarecrow, and...
9. she meets a very loving (yet heartless) tin man, and...
10. she meets a very brave (yet fearful) lion, and...to be continued...
the question is: "is the wizard a wizard who will serve?"
in other words: can this higher being (who we've never seen) really answer our prayers?
"we're off to see the wizard"
1. of course, on course, in process, there are hazards along the way.
2. it would be no fun to have every desire answered immediately, always.
3. there's an illusion of evil, or, the opposite of Love: a wicked witch who makes the journey difficult. (but is she really real? ...is the journey really that much of a challenge?)
to be continued...
1. the trail of pleasure (and poppies) can (momentarily) interrupt the journey.
to be continued...
1. a horse of a different color is a moment away.
2. wizards can be asses.
3. along the journey, one might face his/her darkest demons.
4. demons can be overcome.
to be continued...
1. wicked witches can be melted.
2. angry wizards can be seen for what they are.
3. friends' true colors will shine through.
4. it doesn't take a lot to re-cognize: brains; courage; love.
to be continued...
1. it might seem difficult to 'return home'.
2. there is nothing more easy than 'returning home'...
3. ...Be-Cause 'Home' is that which we've never (Really) left.
welcome Home.
revenge vs. forgiveness
'revenge' never, ever works (in the long term). while we might get a temporary ego-rush as we 'right' a 'wrong', revenge never works (in the long term). it's a momentary effort to feel better, leading to the inevitable, (event-u-all) feeling worse.
'forgiveness' (according to a course in miracles) is the highest form of Love that wIe can achieve, here on the physical plane of existence. the premise of Forgiveness (with a Capital 'F') is that we purge our own bodymind of the negative thoughts surrounding a particular event. it's not about 'forgiving' others, so much as re-Leasing the anger, judgment and fear from our own psyche.
...but (maybe) there's a higher vibration... and it is Known as Non-judgment. if we don't judge, then we have no reason to ever 'forgive', because we never had any negative feelings (we never blamed) and, therefore, forgiveness is mute.
...yes, there's even a Higher vibration:
Love
Love is the opposite of fear. Love cannot be described, as It is nonconceptualizable. Love can be felt, or Connected with, at times, but cannot be described or broken-down or understood.
...and that is okay. why would the physical-mental bodymind, here in a dream, want to wake-up early into Spirit? haven't we ever considered that Spirit might want to dream? don't we know that the dream is not the reality?
when one can sit back and contemplate the feelings of revenge, and righteousness, and justice, and patriotism, and "we're number one!" (ism), and anger, and judgment, and blame, and shame, and criticism, and on and on and on...
...it is just as easy (maybe easy-er???) to re-cognize the similarities, the Union, the Connectedness, the Wholeness, the Symbiosis, the Interdependence, the Harmony, the Sin-phony, and the Reality that it feels better when wIe get to an ocobodymingset of Nonjudgment -- Allow-ing, understand-ing, Namaste'-ing???
in a world of revenge vs. forgiveness,
maybe there's a Higher vibration.
let's dabble in Nonjudgment (for a moment)...
let's see how It feels.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
hummingbird cam
since it is impossible to describe a docile little bird, three inches from your nose...
...introducing the (bedroom) hummercam:
right: a photo
(the wild video is below)
the video (below) gives more of a wide-angle idea of the dance of the hummingbirds.
in this short/crazy video, notice the activity around the feeder located
waaaaay down there, on the 2nd floor deck:
hummer in the house (literally!):
Sunday, July 15, 2012
rooked
to queen a pawn (as castle),
why play it by the book?
and if you want to mate with power, on the h/our:
rooked
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* the impossibilities of a seven-rook mate can only be experienced by playing against a computer who refuses to resign, even as his position crumbles to pieces.
* driven by an unconquerable ego and the insane hope of a draw, white ignored all of the (re)signs... and (of course) suffered the cumulative effect of castle-ing (supported by castling supported by castling).
* the final position, however, would never have been remotely possible (if not for the positioning of black's king)... in addition to the fact that one rook (more or less) would have rendered the final position completely unattainable.
huh?
why play it by the book?
and if you want to mate with power, on the h/our:
rooked
__________________________________________
* the impossibilities of a seven-rook mate can only be experienced by playing against a computer who refuses to resign, even as his position crumbles to pieces.
* driven by an unconquerable ego and the insane hope of a draw, white ignored all of the (re)signs... and (of course) suffered the cumulative effect of castle-ing (supported by castling supported by castling).
* the final position, however, would never have been remotely possible (if not for the positioning of black's king)... in addition to the fact that one rook (more or less) would have rendered the final position completely unattainable.
huh?
Saturday, July 14, 2012
coast guard house (r.i.)
when in narragansett, rhode island...
narragansett beach:
the indian at sprague park:
for other narragansett info, visit http://www.narragansettri.gov/
narragansett beach:
the coast guard house:
hazard rock:
the indian at sprague park:
for other narragansett info, visit http://www.narragansettri.gov/
fowl play
alternative title: dance
is that a sun... or a moon?
fowl play
by b. irdbrain
something is aflutter, here,
here in the light of day
sharing dance of sweet romance (a game of chance):
fowl play
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* the back porch sanctuary set new records this morning:
- 7 hummingbird feeders
- a minimum of 5 (documented) chirpers in simultaneous dance... (doing a lot more chasing, chirping and bumping than drinking)
* 'alpha red-neck' still rules the roost, posting up in his three favorite locations -- all of which allow for a command view of the battlefield.
* 'little red'-neck (a formerly skittish hummingbird) has become much more aggressive, challenging alpha's domain and even posting-up in alpha's absence.
* 'gracie', the gray-necked, slender alpha-female, has stepped-up her game. she enjoys chasing (and being chased), sandwiched in-between sips of sweetness.
* '50 shades' (another grey-beard) has shown definite signs of multiple personality order: skittish at one moment and powerfully aggressive in the next. a true psychotic.
* "love is in the air" (you might say...) as the chirping and dancing often culminates with two (or sometimes three?) hummers -- zooming away into the treeline. what's going on in there?
* a newcomer to the group ('greenback') has made his presence known -- counterbalancing his small stature with speed, agility and audacity.
* like a protective mother, i yearn for the flitter-flatter of little wings (sometime in the future). since every living thing seeks survival/thrival via pro-creation and replication, it is quite possible that these playful creatures are in it for more than just the sugar.
-to be continued...
sun/moon: the video:
coming to a theater near you
coming to a theater near you
Thursday, July 5, 2012
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