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Category Archives: The Now
Life sounds
Can you hear the life here?
Posted in The Now
Tagged bees, birds, butterflies, crabs, fish, interfaith, interspecies, Lanes Island, lobsters, love, sea
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The night sky
We hold stars in our hearts, we gaze at stellar skies.
Panda-ering
Wait Pandas? are you a painting cliche? you did not meet any pandas today. So why are they popping off my brush? They belong in the wild, like me they don’t breed in captivity. In-vitro you say? 14 in China … Continue reading
A Long Tale
My tail is long but my tale is short – for I am young now. oh you think you are tailless? You and i have a story as old as time. We must tell our tales as best we can: … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, cats, eco-spirituality, evolution, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, kittens, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, storytelling, sumi-e, tails, tales, tao, Unitarian Universalism, zen
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Caves
We all find ourselves overwhelmed at times. We all look to climb into a cave of safety. but really, not all caves are safe – not all caves are caves – Introduce yourself to the local host – even scared, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, benevolence, blessings, cave of the heart, caves, eco-spirituality, faith, gratitude, inner sanctum, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, spirituality, sumi-e
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Confrontation/Communication
I’ve never been very good at conflict. It feels like we are speaking two separate languages. Yet, you are standing on the same ground as I am…. (even though you can fly!) and we are breathing the same air.
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Tagged animals, art, birds, conflict, conflict resolution, dog, eco-spirituality, fly, gratitude, hawks, hope, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mixed breed dog, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Estuary Educations
One school of fish, Two schools of thought: we all swim in the same ocean, traveling forward or feeding in a knot.
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Tagged art, dualist, eco-spirituality, environment, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, schools of fish, schools of thought, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, Unitarian Universalism, unity, zen
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