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

ROOTS & SHOOTS roots and shoots abound feeling into air and earth perfectly balanced for every shoot that we see above the ground, there are invisible (to our eye upon the earth) roots beneath the earth supporting it...what are the unseen forces, energies, people, and spirits in our life supporting us? could we also be the supporting root structure that allows others to grow and flourish? we are both above the ground and below...supported by others and supporting...we are roots and shoots . in what ways can you develop your root capacities? consider the idea of geographic STABILITY, staying in the same place/home for decades...consider this sense of rootedness in place, providing a chance for things to be supported and grow... too often in our industrialized western U.S. culture, we value changing the geographic location of our residence/home (for many different reasons...military orders, job/career moves--better pay, position...the grass appears greener elsewhere...). what woul...

CONNECTING beginning with dots connecting the same colors without crisscrossing dots with tails are swimming spermatozoa...similar colors find each other without crisscrossing with other colors...gathering the different seeds of our lives together, planting a guild, and in time harvesting. what are the different seeds clusters of our lives, the ideas and dreams that share a certain hue, that group together...can you find places in your life to plant these clusters of seeds in guilds of mutually supportive dreams...how might you tend them so that they are protected from the elements and receive the proper nourishment to sprout, grow, develop leaves and branches and eventually bloom as flowers and bear fruit for nourishment, some of them being replanting and beginning the cycle of life again...and again...

ROUND THE CLOCK round the clock 2X 1 single day & night is ALL we ever have 24 hours = 1 day + 1 night = the rhythm of our lives...within this rhythm, as measured by chronos, i suggest we practice LOVE, habits of transformation, growth, and evolution that balance the nurturing of love for ourselves, others, nature, and the divine--see the outside wheel on the image of the "clock" below... make a systematic plan for how you will balance love of self, others, nature, and the divine within two loops around the clock representing daytime and night-time... the PLAN is: a guide, not a regiment a reminder, not a requirement a strategy to bring balance and harmony,  not a mold to push atop the clay of our lives a flexible system of ideas, not a strict to do list of things to check off  ...without a plan, and some accountability, we can easily deceive ourselves, although, as noted, too much planning can be a straightjacket, also undesirable...the plan ideally represents a middle p...

SLUGS & TAILS curvy colored slugs opening to feminine busy stinging tails have you seen the slimy, white, crystalline-like trails left behind by slugs making their way over the soil in a garden? look for the small slug-like creature near the middle of the image and trace the black path back to the stinging tail...the other colors are larger slugs with larger paths and multiple tails...the tails cover their backs, protecting them, their path is curvy, feminine like in their journey, they gather together at the top for a conference before traveling further. the practice for this image is to ask and ponder responses to the following questions:  what trails are we leaving behind for others to follow (our legacy)? how much of our time do we spending protecting our backs rather than moving forward (need for protection balanced with need to be present and to plan ahead) are we embracing the feminine curves of life on our journey-in Robert Johnson's book, "Lying with the Heavenly ...