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Tag Archives: sumi-e
friendship
some will tell you the direction ‘up’ is good, some will tell you the direction ‘down’ is bad… but how can that possibly be true when in friendship, the best direction is together….
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat dog friendship, cats, dogs, down, friendship, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, living together, sumi-e, together, up, wisdom
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Welcome
at the edge of the edge of the table two big brown eyes peer into mine – i feel right at home, “welcome”, they seem to say — “would you please, perhaps , accidentally, drop some food on the floor?” … Continue reading
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Tagged dinner guests, dog, eyes, friendship, good manners, guest, hope, mixed breed dogs, painting, poetry, Reverend Elizabeth Teal, sumi-e, welcoming congregation, wisdom
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Camouflage
They were all three, the same colour as the tree.. and very hard to see – only the swish of the leaves as they moved gave them away as being something separate. . but perhaps that was an illusion… for … Continue reading
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Tagged cats in tree, field of conciousness, ink, interfaith, interspirituality, mysticism, painting, poem, Reverend Elizabeth Teal, rice paper, spirituality, squirrel in tree, sumi-e, unity
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together
all oppositions have commonalities… some times it take time to overcome the invisible obstacles to the obvious…. we all need to eat.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cat, cat, cats, enemies, friendship, healing, ink painitng, multi-pet households, sumi-e, Tabby kitten, togetherness, tolerance, two cats, unify, unity, wisdom
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Reality
I am cleaning in a room i never clean – perhaps it is because the room is painted to look like you are outside – even the curtains are leaves and twigs and covered with birds — then i realize … Continue reading
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Tagged anoles, birds, brush painting, cleaning, climate change, curtains, Earth centered spirituality, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ecology, global warming, housework, love, nature, poetry, reality, sumi-e, survival, truth, washing
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a tale of two tails
at the foot of my bed, stretched across the full width, appeared a magical animal, with two long tails, eight legs and only one head – and from it came a rumbling that was so loud it almost shook the … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cats on bed, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, nature, new years day, old year passing, poetry, spirituality, storytelling, sumi-e, tao, twin cats, zen
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privacy
i couldn’t hear what they were saying, but i think it had something to do with love… or cookies… . why not both?
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cookies, dog, ink brush painting, love, man in chair, overheard conversations, poodle, privacy, secrets, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e
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Fear
so the little dog would not leave the room, too scared to pass the great green monster of suction — she cowers behind it, even though it is unplugged and silent…. terror is like that… in truth the mechanical demon … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoon, dog, dog training, hope, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, mindefulness, poetry, safety, spirituality, sumi-e, terror, toy dog, trust, truth, vacuum cleaner
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