Tag: Art
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Mid Spring Sunny Day Haiku
Sparrows’ songs sunshine,vapor trails across deep blue –dried-out worm… Sol’s prey? The sun’s dream, burningmy shadow on gray concrete –goat-head thorns abound. –LE
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Good Intentions
Good Intentions Pavers on Hell’s roadSo they sayGood intentionsAnd righteous dismay Not bad, nor evil per seJust subjective likeWould’a, should’a, could’aWith no there, there Kinetic energy, coiled But no place to goNo physical releaseJust greased potential Most actions are reactivePlanned and controlled onesSeldom grantedIntention vastly overrated –LE
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Words Have Power, Are Magical
Yes, words have emmense power and are magical, the spells, the incantations, the plots, the cajoling praise, the intentional behind the scenes machinations, that ultimately helped generate sapiens rise. Words Are Power, Are Magic all words have power whenspoken or written in context Latin or other ancient tonguesare not required only used to confuse andexclude…
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Enigmas
Enigmas no matter how many timesmy motivations explainedthe essence missedor simply ignored intentions assignedexpressions translatederroneouslynot mine other’s agendas creditedas mine, though notarticulated inmy mind – at all what, howmeanings missedaccidentlyintentionally no one listenshear what they want towhat they’ve beenconditioned to interpretation byassumption enigmatic –LE
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Introspection And Identity
Introspection and Identity This is an excerpt from a letter to one of my children who is struggling with questions of identity, dreams, and the reality of where our lives have brought us. Reassessing and wrestling with my identity has been a feature of my adult life and continues to this day. I’m sure that most…
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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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Nothing There…
Nothing There… An old sentiment, unfortunately life on Starship Earth seemsto have only gotten worse… While I continue to hopefor better tomorrowsthey seem very far off… Looking around on any given day,surveying what human ‘civilization’ has wrought, the consequence of our deepest philosophical thought… As a tear forms in my eye,spills and slides down my…
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No Do-overs … Nor Un-do-s
No Do-overs some old people complainabout where they endedin their journeys around Sol saying, if they had it to do overthey’d choose different directionsmake better decisions; but I beg to differ all things being equal (same conditions),everyone does the best they can, given theirknowledge and circumstance-compulsions no matter their committed determinationtheir lives would proceed just…
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Blue Skies Starting My Day
Blue Skies Starting My Day rode out under morning blue skiesa few wispy white brush strokestoward the south eastern horizon a very quiet morningexcept for the occasionallow flying jets from Davis-Monthan parade tracks in the drysandy river watercourseanimal and human and ATV relatively coolno breezebut for that my pedaling made saw a catferal, domestic, or…
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Superstitions
Are you superstitious? Not really… I equate it to traditional religions, practicing ‘formulas’ for conduct and mental / spiritual ‘proper behaviors’ (morality). They, like the four leaf clover, knocking on wood, throwing salt over your shoulder, or calling on deities of any ilk (Greek, Norse, Hebrew, elemental, psychic, etc.), are just stories we tell ourselves…
