Every picture tells a story, no two people will see the same “play”
Oyashikiri
Wordless Wednesday 2.22.17
February 22, 2017
chop suey Tuesday 21st Feb.
February 21, 2017
Pl Precept # 15 All is a Mirror
My son called me a short while back, and asked me if I’d ever heard of Alan Watts. He was very serious about it, and I was totally surprised by his question. In my mind, everyone knew Alan Watts (British philosopher best known for his interpretations and interest in Eastern philosophy)
I had learned a lot from Alan Watts, he had been one of my favourite authors, his words spoke to me, a young Taoist living in Canada where my thoughts and ways were so foreign to most around me. Alan introduced and popularised Eastern philosophy by his writing and teachings now I see that his lectures and talks have been transposed and are available on YouTube. The wonders of the modern world.
For anyone interested, this is the official Alan Watts web page Alan Watts.com
He was prolific as a writer, and speaker. One of the first to interpret Eastern wisdom for a Western Audience. With our Church of Perfect Liberty here in Canada, at times this is how I sometimes feel, when I try to introduce and explain, that our church is a philosophy and way of life.
My son renewed my determination to work faithfully and diligently every day to bring the PL Way to North America. World Peace is so so important to our well-being as inhabitants of this planet.
The PL teachings help us to live in a way that will encourage and help us, live a happy and peaceful, balanced life, this will radiate out from us… bringing more love and acceptance of our unique and diversified personalities and cultures, when we know and show respect, we ourselves, grow and gain from new beginnings..
We are all ONE –
know love, show love, be love.. nurture and exist in a peaceful world
Oyashikiri
original art-by Q
now is now
February 20, 2017
Sometimes, when the itch comes to put something down, you have no idea, what it is you are wanting to “say/see” You get out your paints, canvas or whatever it is you want to work with and you simply begin .
Through the years I have learned that what works for someone else, is not going to wonk for me. I have to listen to what is happening “inside my head” to believe that my instinct will guide me to what it is I need to express.
If you write, paint, draw, crochet, knit whatever it is you do to express your creativity, if try to force the flow, you are never happy with the results.
Now is now.. I will suddenly come to a halt.. I do not want to do anything else, not at the moment anyway.. When that happens, I know to stop and step back, and allow what has happened to “talk” to me, to identify itself to me.
Photography is the same way, I can take several pictures, of the same area, or object(s) yet when I review them, more often than not, it is the one I least expected to be “the” one, that will jump out at me.
Life is the very same.. every day we are presented with a new canvas, new opportunities, tomorrow I may or may not want to revisit this piece. Some expressions, speak to my spiritual side.. other times, I’m simply OK with the results, but I feel a satisfaction of having put colour into my thought process.
Tomorrow will be the start of another “today”… what colours will you put on your palette.
Whatever you do.. do it with a smile, put your whole heart into it. Make the most of NOW.
Oyashikiri
translating abstract
February 18, 2017
what do you see? I know what I see =^_^= at least I do at the moment, every day it changes.. https://dymoonblog.com/2017/02/18/sisters/
Out of the night, the eyes stare down and fix on the emotion and passions of “desire” the colours shout and harmonize to dominate the midnight skies. Fireworks in the sky …Q
My sister’s colours, charm and delight with the quiet passion of one who colours from her heart, bright and cheerful and full of warmth. Mother’s Pansies …… V
Oyashikiri
PL Precept # 2 To live is to express One’s Self
2 sisters, two styles,
PL Precept # 1 Life is Art
How we express ourselves, whether on canvas or another form of expression, is us, being true to ourselves. We are all unique, let us respect and do our best to understand the differences and challenges around us.
We are all ONE.
PL Precept # 11 Always be with GOD
Wordless Wednesday – snow update
February 15, 2017
Members from Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, USA, wanting to see the snow in Ottawa, Canada, today, here is a picture taken early this morning. Currently the snow has stopped.
Blessings on this beautiful day of winter.
Oyashikiri
late night visitors
February 14, 2017
Good morning…. Bom dia, Obviously the playground I posted pictures of the other day, stayed with me.
Remember this… There is something playful about the design, I’m not usually drawn to bugs and the like. Yet last night I found myself playing with the liquid acrylics and delighting in watching the shapes take shape.
If asked to do something whimsical, I would be hard pressed to come up with something, I consider myself to be more abstract.
Oh dear am I in a philosophical mood today, let me see.. today is the 14th. hmmm Hearts and Flowers day. I can show you my totally not dry yet heart, cuz I’m trying a new medium that takes forever to dry, like 72 hours or more before it is totally dry and finished reacting with itself. Oh dear I can smell it, but don’t see it, where did I put it..
Sorry I didn’t crop the picture, just snapped it with the handy iPhone. That black stuff is something I got yesterday, now I know why the gal suggested I might prefer clear or a white. It supposedly contains the liquid medium. They tell us not to marry up with your first impression of what you do cuz as it reacts with itself, what you see will change.
There is a mixture that is very liquid, called Vitrail (pebeo) one that is ceramic, one called Fantasy Moon, and one other in the Fantasy line called Prismo. When mixed together they all have their own way of interacting with the other.. In theory if you know what you are doing, you can create wonderful fantasy pieces.
I am very new to this product, days if that.. AND no one I know uses it.. so it is a trial and error process. That black I got yesterday and is called relief outliner. All this to say, Good Morning, how are you.. I’m doing fine.
Today’s PL calendar (if you need one, contact me) says… Work Happily with Good Rhythm can you hear me humming =^_^=
Here we go, romantic picture, dancing in the Universe, carefree and happy. I wish each and every one of you, a day filled with love and appreciation.
Never give up on your dreams, always remember that each moment is a lifetime, live NOW
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
We really are so blessed that we have the creative ability in each and every one of us to be ONE with the Universe…. always & forever…
Standing Still
February 13, 2017
When in our lives do we actually – stand still – is there such a thing? As one second flows into the other…moments pass.. so does time… think about it.. do you stand still…………..
Oyashikiri
Born in 1801, William Chappel was a Manhattan native who made a modest living as a tinsmith and resided with his wife and kids at 165 Bowery opposite the Bowery Theatre.
[“The Buttermilk Peddler,” location unknown]
He was also an amateur painter (and the father of a more renowned artist, Alonzo Chappel). The elder Chappel’s depictions of day-to-day street life offer a fascinating peek at New Yorkers at work and at play in the city of approximately 1810.
At that time, Gotham’s population stood at less than 100,000, most residents lived in 2- or 3-story wooden houses, the urban core barely stretched past Canal Street, and conveniences such as clean water and mass transit were still pipe dreams.
[“The Baker’s Wagon,” Hester Street]
Even without the amenities New Yorkers are long used to, life in the 1810 city isn’t so far off from the metropolis of today.
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snow and ice
February 11, 2017
snow and ice
as seen under a sky
of faded blue and powder gray
such beauty
in the stillness of the day
captured my heart
and stole it away
Q
click on the pictures to see the beauty
that even now
holds me captive to its charm
Oyashikiri
Life – Nature is ART
“Divine”
Sublime
