Jonathan Ojanpera's Blog, page 14
August 30, 2015
This Land – by MichelleMarie
I pray and drink in the blessings of this land God has given me that in the morning….he paints these incredible sunrises…my field is full of wildflowers….my healing tree that holds all my secrets….the beautiful ponds where I have sat beside still waters and poured my heart out. This land has healed me along with all its beauty.
There’s healing in this land
There’s healing around me
I can’t say there’s an actual spot
It seems even at that tree
There’s healing in this land
There’s a healing in...
August 29, 2015
Starla
Starla wants to know where we’re going
Where we came from
And how it all happened
We tell her everything
Every time
Every time
We tell her everything
And how it all happened
Where we came from
Starla wants to know where we’re going
Filed under: Poetic Tagged: direction, Starla, the future, the past
August 28, 2015
Howl
Take me down a shitty road
I’ll carry your extra weight
Smother me in your excess
And I will howl louder
Hide my face under your heel
I’ll set nails the cobbler missed
Still me so I may be of comfort
And I will howl louder
Let me be your plush throne
I’ll change as your preference
Be as my position suggests
And I will howl louder
Set me free and watch me roam
I’ll defy what you know of range
Freedom as my only weapon
And I will howl louder
Filed under: writing Tagged: I will howl louder
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August 27, 2015
Lucy
This is Lucy, the newest Ojanpera child. She is eleven weeks old and acts like a kitten should. It only took seeing her to know she belonged with us. Yes, it was my idea and I scored major hero points.
:)
Filed under: Photography/Art Tagged: children, hero points, kittens, pets
Dragonfly Convention
Yesterday afternoon, the dragonflies convened in my yard. There were at least fifty or sixty of them, I would imagine they were doing something like speed dating, only the dates will no doubt lead to baby dragonflies…
It was hard to get a picture of the whole group, but I counted nine in this one. They wouldn’t be still. They were frenzied, and love was in the air. :)
Filed under: Photography/Art Tagged: babies, dragonflies, mating, nature, pictures, speed dating
August 26, 2015
When You Find It…
Finding synergy with people is a powerful thing. The things we create together are always more rich than if we had gone it alone. Our ideas begin where the other leaves off, then again reciprocally.
Sharing the creative process has taught me a higher level in my artistic endeavors. It seems like I looked for years to find a few people who like to build as much as I do. I have enjoyed every collaboration, and there is one that I’m not sure I’ll ever top, but I think everything to date has be...
Flaming
If I were made of flames
Consigned to the lonely
Destroying the shanties
Renewing ancient forest
The beauty mesmerizing
Devastation captivating
Such a sight to behold
None moving too close
If I were made of flames
Consume my own energy
Sustained heat for no one
I burn alone as mercurial
Filed under: Poetic Tagged: burning, flames, loneliness, rebirth, renewal, unapproachable
August 24, 2015
One Of My Songs
It has been a very long time since I posted anything from the musical side of my personality. Music is one of the first parts of my life to be neglected when it gets busy. I forget how healthy it is to balance my creative energy between my other mediums, and by the time I notice something is wrong I usually have the guitar or a brush in my hand -usually.
This song had lyrics at one time, but as the song evolved, the lyrics essentially became extinct. They can be read here. Sometimes the guit...
Another Sunset
Day marked, beginning all in a blur
Can’t find one to blame for my pace
Missed the bright sun at every point
Emptied of the things I started with
The cadence behind a six mile parade
Droning the rhythm I use for a guide
Tomorrow preempted in new shades
History dictates every move in place
Another sunset paints it all so clear
Rest granted as my last saving grace
Filed under: Poetic Tagged: fatigue, puctures, repitition, routine, sunrise, sunset, work
