by Hafiz

God
and I have become
Like two giant fat people
Living in a
Tiny boat.
We
Keep
Bumping into each other and
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presence knows presence

"Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts. It is, rather, a stance, a way of being present.

It’s a way of living in the Presence, living in awareness of the Presence, and even of enjoying the Presence. Presence knows Presence.

The full contemplative is not just aware of the Presence,

but trusts,
allows,
and delights in it." -- Richard Rohr

january, 2010 morning ©lucy

Water Reflections

"When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze."

~Isaiah 43:2

photo ©h3images

Water Reflections

"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." -- Rumi

glendolough waterfall © lucy 2009

you decide

"In making art you declare what is important." from Art and Fear

photo taken @ Safeway

what do you think??

"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive." --Joseph Campbell

extravagance

"We have very little evidence that sensible and frugal are actually qualities cherished by the Great Creator." --Julia Cameron from The Sound of Paper




photos taken by lucy 11.01.08

lectio divina

"It (lectio divina) is more like one organic process with four "moments"--reading, meditating, praying, contemplating--flowing naturally into one another."

"You may be led to speak from your heart, write in a journal, or express yourself through some artistic medium or movement."

inspiration & quotes from Lectio Divina by Christine Valters Paintner & Lucy Wynkoop

"above all remember that the meaning of life is to build life as if it were a work of art. you're not a machine...start working on this great work of art called your own existence."

--Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

"the maiden" by gustav klimt

miracles and magic

"the true harvest of my daily life is somewhat intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. it is a little stardust caught, a segment of the rainbow which i have clutched." --henry david thoreau

collage inspired by "the paradoxical dance" couples' workshop. read more here.

heart images

"In difficult times you should always carry something beautiful in your heart." - Blaise Pascal

photo by lucy; quote found at "Of dreams and visions"

be boundless

there are some people who live in a dream world,
and there are some who face reality;
and then there are those who turn one into the other.
--douglas everett

photo taken at Rodin Museum

courage

"Courage does not mean an absence of fear, but the ability not to let yourself be paralyzed by that fear." --Paulo Coelho

natural high

"Creativity is a drug I cannot live without." --- Cecil B. Demille

blossoming

"Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature" --Gerard de Nerval

open vessel

"holding nothing back means holding the intention to be an open vessel, in a daily way."
--mark nepo

morning light

"To love beauty is to see light." -- Victor Hugo

be joyful

"the principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft."
--gustave flaubert

rumi with a view

how do you see compassion?

"live to the point of tears." -- camus