Haiku Ellipses...Invitation...Response...

 BOTTLED HEART red hearts trapped inside the polygon blue diamonds dots will set hearts free the polygon blue diamonds represent forces of the outer world that can harden and crystalize our exteriors...the blue diamonds are shaped like a bottle within which are trapped human hearts. ..the dots are forces at the edges of our bodies and outside of us that have the power to uncork the bottle and allow the love and care in our hearts to pour out into life. the process of uncorking the bottle is something that we all need to do every day...not only to let our love flow, but to release the build up of tension/stress within our hearts ...i've found the best way to do this on the regular is meditation and/or prayer...something simple like the relaxation response by Herbert Benson...sitting in a relaxed quiet place, repeat a positive word on each exhale, when other thoughts come remain passive (e.g., say "oh well" and go back to repeating the word)...continue for 10-15 mins...tha...

PEACOCK crisscrossing spirals green, brown, orange, and blue combine excited peacock this image began with two infinity symbols at center, grew outward with colors and ovals between the infinities... we come from the infinite center and add ovals and color to our lives as we grow...if we step back for perspective, we may feel the beauty and excitement of a male peacock. what small things in our lives can we bring together (or create) to form a beautiful excited peacock ready for action? how might we step back from our lives and observe the places where excited peacocks may already be strutting, ready for action?

SUNSET BEACH      the beach at sunset purples, blues, and tans combine footprint and seaship First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, Virginia (formerly Seashore State Park) is one of our favorite family vacation spots. On the west side of the park, there is the Chesapeake Bay, on the east side there is the Atlantic Ocean, and in the middle runs several trails through the forest with names like Cape Henry and Fox Run. The image below is sunset at the Chesapeake Bay side beach with a lone ship at sea, and an exaggerated footprint hovering over the sand framed by colors of purple, blue, and tan swirling into each other. One can walk along the beach of life, look back and see footprin ts in the sand for a short distance before wind, water, and time erase them...and never know what it is like to sail on the ship at sea...where are we going on the beach of life?...would we rather sail on the ship at sea?...know that eventually this ship has to land and we will find ourselv...

PINK OVALS & PURPLE MOONS circles intertwined pink ovals & purple moons male & female joined the pink ovals with the black or red centers represent female energies while the purple and lighter violet crescent moon shaped figures represent male energies--the female energies near the center expand out, seeking the male energies while the male energies, on the outer rim of the figure, are moving inward, seeking the female energies...both are intertwined by the light blue cosmic circles, connecting female and male energies into a harmonious whole. one interpretation of this mandala is the male seeking to unite with the female and visa versa...the male moving from the outside to inside and the female moving from inside to outside...eventually the male is received completely by the firey red female energy and dissolves into the darkness of her womb (or we could flip it and say the male energy penetrates and enlivens the female energy which creates new life).. practically, we al...