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March 2, 2016
Post Card Art Project – All Ages Show
Here’s the next installment of the Post Card Art Project. The artist range from teens to a grandmother..
The artist (and let me know if there are mistakes) are shown below in the same position as their card:
The Post Card Art Series
This is the one of several posts I will be offering titled the Post Card Art Series. Its a collaborative art project done on post cards.
Using an image divided into four sections, I created four post cards. I printed 200, pre-stamped them, and mailed them out to patreon supporters, friends, and blog readers who expressed an interest. They applied the art, mailed the cards back. Now I'm assembling them.
The results are fun and unique.
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March 1, 2016
Post Card Art Project – Art Parties
Here are some of the pictures coming in of the art parties happening across the country. Send me any you are taking.
The Post Card Art Series
This is the one of several posts I will be offering titled the Post Card Art Series. Its a collaborative art project done on post cards.
Using an image divided into four sections, I created four post cards. I printed 200, pre-stamped them, and mailed them out to patreon supporters, friends, and blog readers who expressed an interest. They applied the art, mailed the cards back. Now I'm assembling them.
The results are fun and unique.
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Good Deeds – Say What?
Say What? is an ongoing series of laconic exchanges on Buddhism in the format of a comic strip.
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Sequels to an Uncollected Winter (2) – Compass Songs
by G. E. Murray
2. Cooking the Cold
In our smoke house,
in hot fog of hickory and buckeye chips,
we hang meats
like vignettes, independent
of all but the bones
we crack
and soup. Outside,
it’s the same white shimmering
Ohio country
we trust like an open palm,
like an apothecary.
And in these crosswinds,
as our fire builds,
stirrings of primordial dusk begin
fogging in.
Shelby County, Ohio. December 1974
Compass Songs is an ongoing series of works by poets that I enjoy. Poetry, as the Zen Masters have said, is like a finger pointing to the moon. It speaks the unspeakable.
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February 29, 2016
In Challenge and Controversy – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Quotes -The path to right view is an arduous walk through fields of manure.
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Fixing Religion? – Dialectic Two Step
Estimated reading time: 5 minute(s)
Question: Shouldn’t religious people give up their religion if the tenets are archaic. Shouldn’t they look elsewhere to satisfy their spiritual need?
Response: I think religions would do well to give up archaic, arcane and false dogma. But, perhaps fixing religion is a futile goal. To me, your question carries with it its own answer. What are the spiritual needs of religious people? They vary. I would suggest that many, probably most, find satisfaction in the current selection of religions.
People like us are the outliers. Unfulfilled by platitudes and fundamentalist interpretations of sacred texts, we’ve moved on from mainstream religion. We find our homes elsewhere. But to offer advice to abandon the mainstream would probably fall on deaf ears, and rightfully so. We would be speaking from our own needs. That is by definition selfish and unhelpful advice.
Religion is a very personal thing. Freedom to choose is something that is fundamental to a fruitful spiritual practice. While the cognitive dissonance we find in mainstream religions pains us, there is little correction we can offer to someone who finds gratification in it. It is from this perspective that I find evangelism to be an unwelcomed thing.
Freedom to choose is something that is fundamental to a fruitful spiritual practice.
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Don’t get me wrong, there are boundaries that should be firmly established to protect us from dangerous religious ideas. History’s most famous being the establishment clause of the US Constitution. But the same document wisely ensures the freedom to practice the religion of our choosing.
Dialectic Two-Step is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio
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February 28, 2016
Wings – A One Minute Meditation
Wings
and air
a deal struck
or wager won
long before
the birds
or the word.
Eons, though,
after light
perhaps to
carry it
Wings and air a deal struck or wager won #minutemeditation
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These Meditation Videos Are Best Viewed In Full Screen
One Minute Meditations is an ongoing series of short videos, poems, and commentary intended as a meditation. Offered as an opportunity to step back from your cyber routine and settle into a more natural rhythm, if only for a minute.
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These videos are produced for those of us who spend an inordinately large amount of time in the cyber-world. They are not a substitute for unplugging from your devices and taking a stroll near trees, water, or a patch of unkempt grass. Getting out into the world - touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing nature is the best way to reconnect with our prime purpose.
What is our prime purpose? We are feeling and sensing machines. We are the universe looking back on itself. We are witness to the wonders and dangers of living in this corner of the cosmos. We are the seekers looking for connection a little further beyond yesterday's borders and boundaries.
But sitting and staring at the screen robs us of the sustenance that we rely upon for wonder and sanity. These videos are an opportunity to bring the sensations of nature to you, while you're in the cyber-world. Its an opportunity to relax your gaze, resettle your posture, and regain some depth in your breath. Listen and watch the video and allow your self to open up and recharge.
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Shostakovich – Sunday Morning Coming Down
Shostakovich is my favorite composer. I just seem to hear what he was trying to get across. Here, David Oistrakh performs Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77. The music starts at 2:15
Sunday Morning Coming Down is an ongoing music video series. The songs fit my definition of music for a lazy couch bound Sunday morning.
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February 27, 2016
Are Possessions Bad? – Say What?
Say What? is an ongoing series of laconic exchanges on Buddhism in the format of a comic strip.
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Post Card Art Project – Eclectic
Here’s the next installment of the Post Card Art Project. An eclectic mix.
The artist (and let me know if there are mistakes) are shown below in the same position as their card:
The Post Card Art Series
This is the one of several posts I will be offering titled the Post Card Art Series. Its a collaborative art project done on post cards.
Using an image divided into four sections, I created four post cards. I printed 200, pre-stamped them, and mailed them out to patreon supporters, friends, and blog readers who expressed an interest. They applied the art, mailed the cards back. Now I'm assembling them.
The results are fun and unique.
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