Tag: Acrylics
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Nothing There
This will be my last post for awhile. I’m taking a little break; and I don’t know how long it will be… Nothing There Looking around on any given daySurveying what human civilizationHas wrought, the consequence ofOur deepest philosophical thought A tear forms in my eyeSpills and slides down my cheekRaise my hand to wipe…
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25th Annual World Tai Chi And Qigung Day
Today, April 25, 2026, is the 25th Anual World Tai Chi and Qigung Day The following link will take you to the World Tai Chi Day organization’s official website. https://www.worldtaichiday.org/ I’m a longtime practitioner and supporter of Tai Chi and Qigung, and recommend their practice for better health and mental clarity for people of all…
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Intention And Action Are One
Intention And Action Are One Your field of endeavor doesn’t really matterSome training in a chosen discipline helpsBut the essence is in the secret ‘batter’ The secret batter is the meditative tendencyTo completely relax and allow your mind to openLet go of all preconceptions and dependency In that relaxed and open state, mind and bodyReaction…
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Badlands Preacher
Badlands Preacher He prowls the desert sandsSoundlessly ambling betweenSaguaro, Agaves, and sand-devils He’s a sixth sense for moralityA gun for the wickedA crucifix his holy license The sun beats downHe stalks an evil denBut a mirage in the end –LE – 1/30/26
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Hats
HATS Good guys wear black… I mean white…I mean black… I mean… How many hats can anyone wear?Then again, who really cares?But if you’re one of the caring few,Consider the consequence of those we choose. No matter what your current hatIt’s worn in shades of white through black.Most are worn in these shades of gray.It’s…
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Laying-on Paint
Laying-on Paint background musicto start – sonatas forviolin and guitar canvas preparedrough draft ofvision laid down paints on palateessential colorsmixed and ready brush-tip drips colorlaid on canvas andshapes are rendered with patient strokesor dabbed and scrapedwith palette knife bold music changes assessions fly bypainting completed in many winks ofthe eye – studiedthis playful vision rendered…
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A New Year’s Meditation
Arbiter And CuratorA New Year’s Meditation Akkam’s razor suggeststhat the simplest answeris often correct and the best that seems a good blueprintfor a simple and minimalist lifestylecollecting and keeping onlywhat is truly needed and desired not acquiring for acquisition’s sakenor to lord it over those with ‘less’taking more than one needsseems immoral to me each…
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We Are All Philosophers
We Are All Philosophers I describe myself as a ‘cynical optimist’. I liken it to a katana (Japanese long sword)… my core being optimism, softer, more malleable, more open and hopeful, which is encased in hardened and finely honed cynicism… for cutting through all the philosophical (sophistry), political, and social junk (BS). The thing about…
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Self-actualizatoin
Self-actualization from early youthtried to figure outwho I was andwhere I fit in life’sscheme don’t think Dadreally wanted kidsMom did, but apparentlynot very proud ofher brood fairness an issue tome from an early ageglasses inflicted at threeand a frail form wellinto puberty while peers primpedand preened I ponderedheritage, destinyand self-improvement, yesI did some primping, too…
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