evolve

"There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own."

- Berenice Abbott (1898 – 1991)

aztec king dressed in dreams

el rey azteca se vistió de mis sueños,

cantó de cristales y piedras con sedas y palabras,

el arte es aire

from an ongoing series of writings

after morning meditation

"I see people in the world throw away their lives lusting after things, never able to satisfy their desires, falling into deep despair and torturing themselves. Even if they get what they want, how long will they be able to enjoy it? For one heavenly pleasure they suffer ten torments of hell, binding themselves more firmly to the grindstone. Such people are like monkeys frantically grasping for the moon in the water and then falling into a whirlpool. How endlessly those caught up in the floating world suffer." - Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831)

a quote that found me after morning meditation

living the dream

...Though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Do you have a dream?  Are you living your dream?

pearls of wisdom through dreams

She poured stars into my hands and asked me to WISH.

She explained the sacred beauty of stones and told me to DARE.

She blessed the pen and paper and begged me to CREATE.

from my journals

of wings and kings

"I have dined with kings,
I’ve been offered wings,
And I’ve never been too impressed."
- Bob Dylan

more compassionate

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
- Carl Jung (1875-1961)

Years ago, when I first read this, it changed my life. I became more compassionate, not only with others, but also with myself.

box of treasures

“Affirm to yourself as you sort through your things, “It’s safe to let go.” Clearing clutter is about letting go and trusting the process of life to bring you what you need when you need it. Anything you are keeping “just in case,” you are keeping through fear.”

- Karen Kingston

the earth quakes



toddler art



she released energy through a deep sigh...Mother Earth moving in sudden waves...



reading to my little prince this morning

But it so happened that the little prince, having walked a long time through sand and rocks and snow, finally discovered a road. And all roads go to where there are people.

"Good morning," he said.
It was a blossoming rose garden.
"Good morning," said the roses.

The little prince gazed at them.
All of them looked like his flower.

"Who are you?" he asked, astounded.
"We're roses," the roses said.
"Ah!" said the little prince.

And he felt very unhappy. His flower had told him she was the only one of her kind in the whole universe. And here were five thousand of them, all just alike, in just one garden!

......he said to himself, I thought I was rich because I had just one flower, and all I own is an ordinary rose. That and my three volcanoes, which come up to my knee, one of which may be permanently extinct. It doesn't make me much of a prince....And he lay down in the grass and wept.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

ask for what you really want

He whispered a sweet song to me early this morning:


"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don't go back to sleep." - RUMI

Papa-Coco de mis sueños

nací siendo la primera nieta de

Antioco Sacasa Sarria

mi Papa-Coco de ojos azules



Papa-Coco quien me contaba cuentos

historias reales

leyendas maravillosas

con guitarra y voz dulce



Papa-Coco siento su mirada en cielos celestes

Papa-Coco escucho sus consejos con amor,

ya que siempre nos encontramos en mis sueños




Beloved Grand Father,

How I wish you were still walking this planet, holding my son's hand.

Although, I am certain you are already great friends.

Mi Papa-Coco de mis sueños...

invented truths

el cuello
pilar del templo
de donde salen verdades inventadas
voz de cuento
canción de amor

from a series soon to be published in print

choose today, this moment

I found a box of old love letters, photographs and sentimental mementos from years ago. I could spend all day reading and sorting, but instead I plan to spend this sunny day exploring, dreaming and discovering...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

EXPLORE. DREAM. DISCOVER."

- Mark Twain (1835-1910)

dreaming

"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious."
 - Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

take time to dream today

give yourself time to dream tonight

dear mother

BELIEVE

in miracles

in healing

in peace

in love

in prayer

in forgiveness

BELIEVE

if you cannot believe,

I promise to believe for you...

life-force

"There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost."
- Martha Graham (1894-1991)

celestial blue

desperté con la sombra del águila en la frente,


con ideas de brillantes azules y diamantes celestes


I awoke with eagle's shadow upon me,
with brilliant celestial diamond blue ideas

after morning meditation today...

walk gently & know beauty

" may the SUN


bring you new energy by day,


may the MOON

softly restore you by night,


may the RAIN

wash away your worries,


may the BREEZE

blow new strength into your being,


may you WALK

gently through the world and know

its beauty all the days of your life. "

- APACHE blessing

the soul of the soul

Oh soul,
you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less,
why do you worry?
You are in truth
the soul, of the soul, of the soul - RUMI