Month September 2020

Always Coming Home

“When I take you to the Valley, you’ll see the blue hills on the left and the blue hills on the right, the rainbow and the vineyards under the rainbow late in the rainy season, and maybe you’ll say, “There it is, that’s it!” But I’ll say. “A little farther.” We’ll go on, I hope, and you’ll see the roofs of the little towns and the hillsides yellow with wild oats, a buzzard soaring and a woman singing by the shadows of a creek in the dry season, and maybe you’ll say, “Let’s stop here, this is it!” But I’ll say, “A little farther yet.” We’ll go on, and you’ll hear the quail calling on the mountain by the springs of the river, and looking back you’ll see the river running downward through the wild hills behind, below, and you’ll say, “Isn’t that the Valley?” And all I will be able to say is “Drink this water of the spring, rest here awhile, we have a long way yet to go and I can’t go without you.”  - Ursula K. Le Guin

“When I take you to the Valley, you’ll see the blue hills on the left and the blue hills on the right, the rainbow and the vineyards under the rainbow late in the rainy season, and maybe you’ll say, “There… Continue Reading →

I did not know how much pain there was in my heartuntil you put a bandage on it.And white light came streaming through,just like Rumi said,before bursting into rainbow coloursand making this soul whole again.And tears of gratitude fell through… Continue Reading →

Give yourself permission to be creative

“There’s no path until you walk it.” – Ethan Hawke

Garden chimes

The path beckons to the distant horizon,I put one foot in front of the other;slow and deliberate, mindful and aware.As if all journeys are pilgrimages.To go to the next mountain,or the next country.Or to go within.Alive in the knowledgethat each… Continue Reading →

Never give up on your art dreams

  Story by Deleen I come from an artistic family, so from a very young age, I wish I could sketch or draw pictures.

Art

"Art is not a luxury, it's sustenance." - Ethan Hawke

“Art is not a luxury, it’s sustenance.” – Ethan Hawke

The blue of the endless skywashes over the mountain sideuntil the rocks are bathedin purest sapphire and indigo.Sugar dust of new snowdance on the peaks,faint and slight, white lightthat shines through.Solitude is a blessingand silence heals,all past woundsand the ones… Continue Reading →

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