Notions of Moments

Morning thoughts

2026-02-13T07:51:00.001-05:00

Thought all this one morning

"Inner Workings"

Do I think well
Can I think well
Will the world hold together
Will I find enough work
Can I make music
Is art real
Does it mater
This is now
When I finish writing
It will be then

Time to push reality

Youth is gone

I am good here

Escape into story

Watch

Read if I could

Do I Have the desire

To Do

I want to give

Give away

Give out

Give life

Let go the hold

Hold Back

Move on

What's real

Everything is new

In every moment

I do not need to be

In every moment

You miss nothing

If some one is there

You are there

If we are one

We are one

The we is I

And the I we

I wrote all the songs

Did all the dances

Painted all the pictures

Dreamed all the dreams

Delivered and killed

Everyone

Yes,

Once again

This morning

I am the God

I seek

We are

We are all

Every living thing

God

Just a thought

Gods thought

so I wrote it down - one mornings thoughts

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Letting Go

2026-02-10T07:51:00.007-05:00

"Letting me through, letting me go!"

I have always been

And I will always be

There is no real need

To be done

Or to have begun

For now, is fine

no real time

Let go the mind

Everything is motion

Spins the Spiral

I am the flow

No need to know

Or fear

What's was far is near

You speak I hear

I cry I grow

It's always letting go

sometimes you just write and wait for it to make sense.

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Finding the way

2025-12-20T17:38:00.006-05:00

Finding the way
Perhaps they met at a crossroads
Traveled together for safety
Probably argued about direction
Shared food
Laughed around the fire at night
Or maybe they kept their distance
Watched each other
Tracked one another
Never new the thinking of the others
And there was the star
A celestial phenomenon
How do you follow something that is really not moving
What is the way to be found,
Is it prophecy where you come from,
An astrologers whim?

An astronomers calculation?
So you end up at a house
In the outer room where the animals were kept
A young woman holds a new born
As her husband gazes at you in awe.
You bring gifts
Do you simply honer life?
Or do you know something more?
Do you share what you know?
Have you found the way yet?
Is your wisdom helpful?
Is this what you were looking for?
Do you really know why you are here?

Is the story over?

Or has it just begun?

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Done?

2025-08-08T16:01:00.002-04:00

"Connecting Broken Spaces"

Well it all began to happen

after the seventh day

in which, they claim,

it had all been put together.

So, there it was, creation

done.

I began to make stuff!

I mean why not?

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Unless it is on a hill and it rolls

and rolls...

Maybe a little more

and then it stops.

So, now it is far from the tree,

but still it was created

and knows what to do

even far from the tree.

So, now I ponder,

if I am part of the creation

and I am still creating

was and/or is the creation done?

Or is it

only and if and when

we all stop creating.

Done?

dramatic pause

No, it is not done

because it is always starting.

Every moment

from the beginning of this universe

is now.

The entire span of time is now,

if you let go of the idea of

time.

What?

Can't do that?

come on, give it a try.

Done?

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Holding Together

2025-08-05T17:24:00.008-04:00

Holding together

I have talked

about lines

connecting

everything

and holding

it all together

Lines can also

make it confusing

and seem like

I just don't know

what I am looking

or where they

want me to go

what am I

suppose

to see

Lines will

trick you

mislead one

at times

bend you around

and have you

turning the page

side

down

saying what the...?

I believe

I am the

_________ .

When I draw

I am in there

making sense

of space

making use

of the space

defining it

and the moment

It may not make sense

to you

but know

that I

have enjoyed

myself

in the space

for a moment.

That joy

is holding

it together.

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Change of Perspective

2025-07-31T22:41:00.001-04:00

Turn the world on its side

and you may see the world looking back at you.

Reflections in a mountain lake

tipped that way

reveals a totem pole of sorts.

I count six or more strange faces.

what do you see?

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Moment #25

2025-07-07T10:36:00.005-04:00

Stones on the shore of the Ligurian Sea

Italy

Moment #25

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How Things Go

2025-07-04T01:01:00.023-04:00

I wrote words

No one could read

Made them into stories

No one believed

Put them in a book

Everyone wanted to burn

But then we all fell off the Earth

When it failed to turn

Sometimes that's how things go

I painted pictures

no one really understood

a real smart person said

the problem is they are way too good

Most people really want to know

if they are supposed to see a duck

But what you have here

is somewhere between wow and yuck

And that can be how things go

Sometimes you make stuff

And people keep asking why

And you say well, I had an idea

So I thought I would try

Try as you might

Most just don't understand

They should just stop asking questions

And lend you a hand

And this too is how things go

Shall I go...

on?

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Image above is a photo of a painting of mine that was then layered with multiple filters in a computer photo program. it has no title at this posting.

Maybe, "How Things Go"

I Can't Be The Only One

2025-07-01T00:43:00.013-04:00

Do you see the lines between us?

I can't be the only one.

When I pass you by,

Do you feel the pull?

On the line,

Do you have a grip on it?

Are you unaware?

That's Okay!

I see the lines.

No!

I feel the lines.

The lines between us,

Connecting us.

You have to want to see them,

Feel them.

Yes!

It's a little scary.

I know!

It means you are never alone.

The lines connect you,

To everyone and everything.

Welcome to the Universe!

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It Holds Me Up

2025-06-28T00:35:00.003-04:00

Everyday

I walk

I Feel

The Earth

Under my feet

Pushing Back

It holds me up

Gives me a place to stand

Tell me

You feel it too!

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walking

2025-06-23T10:18:00.002-04:00

"Red Walks Into the Dark"

A walk

Awake

Direction to take

Decisions I make

Lives at stake

Rules I break

My mistake

I could be lost

A walk

A need

Choose the speed

Don't want to lead

A book I read

I fall I bleed

Scatter the seed

There is a cost

A walk

Go far

Leave the car

You know who you are

Take the guitar

Hot was the tar

That will leave a scar

All meaning tossed

The image above is a photo of paint on paper and then the images are created by smearing the photo in a computer program.

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It is all made up

2025-06-11T04:30:00.001-04:00

"Without a Reason"

Letting go of I
is not turning off me

It is a change of perception

Another way to see

Letting go of the distance

Between you and I

Awakening to connection

Gone is the constant my

Letting go the judgement

The placing of the blame

For we are one true Nature

All beings of a common name

Letting go the need

To define all moments in time

Allows us one true now

To make this simple rhyme.

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Bend

2025-06-07T08:43:00.004-04:00

Bend

Bend down to touch

To make a closer observation

To make connection

To grow in relationship

With everything

Bend

Change your approach

To make things work

Let go of your need

To maintain control

of everything

Bend

It is a chance you take

True you might break

Hold on to love

Give yourself away

In everything

-------------------

Somehow I lost half of a

year of posting.

Oh well!

Starting again to try.

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Pictures in Trees

2024-12-11T08:28:00.002-05:00

I believe that the natural world has a consciousness.

Sometimes it says hello!

And then sometimes I take it farther.

This is an image created on my phone.

Looking out the

window I snapped

this picture.

Thought I saw

a face,

so I drew a face below.

My camera has all

these filters,

so I added some to my

picture. The image at

the top is what I got.

I think my phone

has a

consciousness.

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Across the Line

2024-12-09T08:26:00.006-05:00

Across the Line

There is no line
but the one I create in my mind
This universe is your universe
This universe is my universe
And yet there is truly no you and I
No your and my
for we are one
We are together the consciousness of this universe
I am working at realizing this
it is a life long work

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More Connection Image

2024-10-19T07:42:00.002-04:00

There are lines

we don't always see.

They connect us

to each other

and our many planes

of existence.

These are the lines

I have made visible

as they move between

the planes.

I do not see them

I only feel them,

then imagine them.

We are connected.

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Comfortable Being Lost?

2024-09-12T10:31:00.003-04:00

In Process

I came to the realization the

other day that it seem like if you

create or want to own abstract art

you have to be comfortable with

being lost. The image to the right

is being worked on at the writing

of this blog post. It is in process,

that is not its title. I keep adding

elements and I am never sure

where it will go next. I tend

to spend long moments just staring

at it and then all of a sudden adding something.

It is as if I was lost in the woods with several directions I could

go in and then I just choose and go. With so many choices of

directions I could go in I think that is what keeps me making

art. Once I finish one piece with all its directional choices I start

over saying well let's take a different path.

So the next time you are looking at an abstract piece of art

ask yourself am I comfortable with being lost or do I need the

way to be clear. The art is not just about the artist, it is also

about you.

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Summer Project

2024-09-10T09:31:00.001-04:00

I spent my summer on a different art form. The art of crafting built-in bookshelves, radiator covers and Built-in Benches. This is actually what I do to make a living and it is truly an art form. I still prefer more colorful and abstract forms of creativity, but people rarely want that in a bookshelf.

The Bookshelf is like an alter in the home. It is often the place that defines you. It tells visitor, "this is who I am." Besides holding books that interest you or have shaped your life, it holds momentous of travels, pictures of loved ones or art that inspires you.

In the long process of a job this size I often have to remind myself I am making a place for a family to be and be comfortable. As an artist I find it difficult to make box after box, which is what cabinet making is, and not get board. Remembering I am making a home more comfortable for others is often what I use to keep me going.

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Cloudy Waters

2024-08-05T20:51:00.003-04:00

Cloudy Waters

This is a Photo taken with a cell phone. Clouds reflecting in the water enhanced by a filter that Out lined the ripples on the water. The straight lines at the bottom are vibrations from my kayak. I really enjoy the reflected world.

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Moment #25

2024-08-03T12:00:00.003-04:00

Getting There

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Clarity

2024-07-03T20:32:00.001-04:00

If I Gain Clarity I will let You Know

The need to create

is not always clear

Sometimes what one creates

is not always clear

I have a strong need or desire

to create

to make things that are not clear

and that look like no identifiable object or image

I am looking through the abstract

for something I might recognize

Yet I have no idea what I am looking for

It is one of those

I will know it when I find it

moments

For now I just enjoy the process

and I hope others enjoy the product

I will let you know

when I gain clarity

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Father's Day Collaboration

2024-06-29T10:15:00.011-04:00

I did another collaboration. On Fathers day I told my family I wanted to paint. So I had them all come over, I put out three primed panels and a bunch of paint and brushes and said pick a color, put a few marks on then pick another color and so on till we fill all three boards. The panel here is the smallest of the three. So once it was dry I started to draw into it.

This is the panel before draw-in

On this panel I had added a few small pre-painted paper scraps that I glued in before my crew painted. They are the parts with finer detail. This is the panel after I started the draw-in.

I then decided on the second panel(not shown) to add more pre-painted scraps after the crew painted. I will try and do a post with all three of the Father's Day collaborations.

I really enjoy the feeling of connection when allowing others to create the base. I am working now at trying to move beyond just out lining color and to create a feeling of a story or many stories being told at once.

This becomes more of a depiction of our jumbled stories tangling with one another. This is the true challenge of life. How do we make all these stories move together?

The panel after draw-in

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Of The Beauty

2024-06-14T13:00:00.002-04:00

Catch It

Grabbing hold of evening's final light

I can use it to glow in the last dance of the day.

I shall allow the evening's breeze

to gently toss these limbs in circles around my stance.

I once raced to the sky

now I will bend back toward the earth

and be of the beauty all the way.

Vibration

2024-06-12T13:00:00.001-04:00

A collection

of moments

held in paint

Each stroke of paint

holds a little story,

vibration of life

fragment of thought.

a sign of still

being here

I am here

till I do this no longer

Then

I will be a vibration

for tomorrow

a fragment

of lingering

dream

paint me

sing me

dance me

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The Surge

2024-06-11T20:26:00.001-04:00

The Surge

If the spirit is allowed to take root

It winds its way among us like a vine

Entangling us

Enfolding us

Sweeping us up

In its surge

Toward the divine

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