Simplicity (Zen)

Niel Waldman

painting by Neil Waldman

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Jerusalem! where

all religions are one and

the face of God

(just like in Maine)

 

Simplicity (Tintinnabulation)

handbell-choir

handbell choirThe Acadia Handbell Choir @ Southwest Harbor Library, Maine

 one year olds danced – six

year old played violin and

all ages choired!

 

Simplicity (esteem)

Diveena11:8:2017

esteemed film-maker

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intelligence moves

to a different drum beat

an infinite step

Simplicity (First Snowfall)

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art by William Koessler

Pig’s escape to Maine

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between snowflakes race

pigs, children on snowboards and

geese holding out

Simplicity (St Francis )

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quote by St Francis of Assisi (art by Koessler)

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If lonely, seek circle

of fire; friendly smiles, hot

drink to give love’s warmth

Simplicity (Growth is simple…)

Neil Waldman

Painting by Neil Waldman

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growing UP’S  simple

AROUND; DOWN is not;

quickly DENSE-ING leaves…

Simplicity (counting snail-mail)

Judy ElizabethWildonthesnailtree

graphic by Judy Elizabeth Wild (How many snails can you find?)

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some folks count their rank

by totaling Christmas Cards;

others Facebook likes!

Simplicity (Understood communication)

Marriage

hearing test

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sometimes we need mime;

others: video, still shots,

cuddles, mail and texts…

Definition #60 First Sight

When a war interferes, sometimes it creates the best art!

jeannepoland's avatarThe Vibrant Channeled Creator

sheep in snow

Rilke wrote two poems about angels in almost a single sitting, and he knew that he had begun his most important work, but then he got stuck. He eventually left the castle, the First World War broke out, and he struggled to write anything for years. Finally, in February of 1922, he managed to finish in a single month what he’d started a decade before. The result was a cycle of 10 long poems that he called The Duino Elegies, about the difference between angels and people, and the meaning of death, and his idea that human beings are put on earth in order to experience the beauty of ordinary things.

First Sight

Lambs that learn to walk in snow
When their bleating clouds the air
Meet a vast unwelcome, know
Nothing but a sunless glare.
Newly stumbling to and fro
All they find, outside the…

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Simplicity (Living in the NOW)

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callogram by Jeanne

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languages dance in

differing rhythms but the

NOW remains the SAME!

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