migration

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inspiration:Thomas Merton

I found this a while back and thought it was very insightful.

"We must learn our own weakness in order to awaken to a new order of action and of being... and experience God Himself accomplishing in us the things we find impossible. We cannot be happy if we expect to …

Beneath the Surface Artist Statement

Beneath the Surface
Paintings and Poetry

There is so much that lies beneath the surface. There is hidden pain, hidden sorrow. There are also hidden joys, hidden passions and hidden potential. Often times we hide because we fear what may lie beneath our own …

room for growth

room for growth

within each of us
there lies room for growth
room to fill voids
left vacant by events
by loss
by an emptiness

longing to be filled
to be made complete

we try and hide our weaknesses
protecting ourselves from attacks
from …

in the light

in the light

Just as a baby is terrified of what this world has to offer
being so familiar with its surroundings
being so familiar for what it has known for so long
and now thrust into a new existence
being so scared of the unknown

this new light that seems so …

another year

another year

I could taste winter in the air tonight
it settled in like dew in the evening
filling the air
with a crispness you could taste
It was a reminder of another year gone by
one by one

it's been a dry year
a thin year
as the rings of life …

freedom

freedom

its just another word
until you have experienced it

to break free from the things that held you down
held you back
held you in

to let go
and realize
that the only thing
holding you there
was your grip

let go
of
the fear of losing
and find …

between earth and sky

between earth and sky

life lifts you up
it can also pull you down
stuck in between earth and sky
a tug and pull between where we are
and where we want to be
we desire to soar to great heights
yet we fear of getting too high, too close to unfamiliar
and so …